NTU MUN 200: Press Corps

There were three press agencies present to give the most up-to-date reports on site. They were the BBC, Al Jazeera and FOX News, which I was in. Our responsibility was to attend Council sessions, and produce a newsletter every morning and evening. That's why they say that the most hardworking are the press who never sleep. Which was the case.

We spent our nights writing articles, and the wee hours of the morning fitting them into layouts and editing our articles. After it was sent for printing, we had to arrange and staple the newsletters together, before we could disseminate them. It was painful work, but seeing our own articles in our hands in hard copy made the work all worth it. Sleep could be caught up with once NTU MUN was over.

Now, because I'm biased, I largely have photos only of the FOX News team, and my team members.

Say "Hello!" to the FOX News Press Team.

Al Jazeera won 'Best Press Corps' and, because the event was sponsored by 'CNN: Impact Your World", the Best Press Corps' team had their prizes sponsored by CNN. The prizes include a bag full of CNN Reporting Must-Haves like a portable radio, an adapter, a reporter's notebook, and a lomograph camera, plus the customary certificate from NTU.
We didn't know it was going to be a lomograph camera, and were really excited, so we forced Wella, from Al Jazeera to open up her package.

We all burst out laughing in the middle of the Secretary General's speech.

This Devi, from FOX News. She was the only other member who stayed up with me all night to do the editing and layout fittings. And we aren't even the editors!
"Politics will reign!"

Ervin from BBC.
He came up with the witty headline for his article on the Security Council
"UN: United Negligence"

And with that, I end my detailed presentation on NTU MUN 2009. Be sure not to miss it next year, because despite the stress, it's all fun and cheer, and the experience is beyond comprehension.

-Joanna