My U.S. experience as a black female journalist
Our journey back from Cleveland, Ohio after covering the presidential election was a huge contrast to our cheerful and optimistic journey there. The outcome of Donald Trump being elected President of the United States was one none of us expected. Our emotions were not entirely intensified by our personal... Read more
Trump’s win reveals deepening divide
Five of us student journalists climbed into an SUV on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 8, not thinking we would be covering the election of Donald J. Trump that night. It seemed to me the general consensus of the Western consciousness was Hillary Clinton was going to win. Most... Read more
Lessons learned on the I-90 for Election 2016
After a long day of covering the U.S. election results, I couldn’t wait to get back home to Canada. I was the driver for our team of five student journalists assigned to travel the interstate to gather people’s feelings on election day and then the day after when the... Read more
Trump’s climactic win becomes story without end
On Day One of our travels things weren’t going well for us. Between being denied access to locations, people not wanting to speak to us and the election results not going as anticipated, we felt we were fighting an uphill battle. I remember telling my fellow student journalists that our... Read more
Election night one to remember at this Ohio bar
At the Prosperity Social bar in Cleveland, Ohio, locals party as they wait for the results of the 2016 U.S election on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Although the bar advertised the event as ‘non-partisan’, many there were Democratic party supporters. The first video below shows the atmosphere before the results... Read more
Voters of New York
Just off the New York State Thruway in northwestern New York sits the Angola Travel Plaza, complete with all the amenities a traveler could desire. The plaza feels like a strip mall that was built in the ’60s. There’s an automatic piano playing Elton John, and restaurants of every... Read more