Student Lexi Trent travels to Paris and prepares to cover the games
Trent is one of 15 students from the School of Journalism who are in Paris covering the Olympics
Work-life balance? How about, school-and-being-in-Paris balance? As a journalist, there are many opportunities to make the most of our leisure days into work days as well, especially when venturing around the streets of Paris. When people think of “going to work” it is often a dreadful topic, but being out in the streets of Paris doing interviews, taking pictures and documenting all of our encounters, we are excited to “go to work.” It allows us to experience a world of working while having fun.
On our first full day in Paris, we learned the routes of the metro station near us, went to the Effiel tower not once but twice to see it twinkle at night, and were able to meet up with faculty to eat at a cafe to share what we have done so far. The metro was very easy to learn and although we still do a lot of walking it is nice to get into the city by sitting on the metro for 15 minutes.
If someone were to ask me if traveling is difficult, in short answer I would say no. There are different issues to be encountered but if you really want to get somewhere I would say do it and it is worth it in the end.
As night time came around and all 16 students were sitting around in the rental house we collected different ideas on how we will divide and conquer the next day together or individually. As we sit and plan for the Opening Ceremony, we ponder different ideas like interviewing different fan zones, going to local parties to see why people are choosing to celebrate, walking around trying to get a glimpse of inside the Opening Ceremony, all while on our toes around the city to possibly run into Snoop Dogg holding the open ceremony torch.
Collaborating is a huge part of journalism especially with a young group still in college because it allows us to bounce different ideas around with each other and allows us to facilitate a better plan to make everyone ready to start the new day on their own. Paris so far has been a fun change of scenery compared to the normal classroom or workplace we are all used to and I am excited to see what everyone creates each day we are here.
About the author
Lexi Trent is one of 16 students from the Reynolds School of Journalism in Paris covering the 2024 Olympics. She is from Roseville, CA and transferred to the ÐÔ°®ÎåÉ«Ìì, Reno to continue her degree in journalism. She likes to focus on different challenges athletes may face outside of their sport and get to know individuals personally before writing about their overall performances.
