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<h5>by Almendra Carpizo</h5>
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<p>It was about 10:50 p.m. when I arrived. The street was mostly dark except for <br>the glow coming from the nearby restaurants. Everyone walking around me seemed to be running late, and I wasn’t sure where my home was, other than it being across the street.</p>
<p>I stood on Connecticut Avenue for about 10 minutes with two 50-pound suitcases, one carry-on bag, one laptop bag and a purse that’s too large for a woman who is less than 5 feet tall. I had to make it across the street, which at the time looked farther than the walk from Plumas Hall’s basement to the Bell Memorial Union.</p>
<p>Almendra, you’re not in California anymore.</p>
<p>Moving to Washington, D.C., has been a scary, but overwhelmingly awesome, experience. I can now add editor and reporter at <a href="http://www.hispaniclink.org/Hispanic_Link/Front_Page.html" target="_blank">Hispanic Link News Service</a> to my résumé. The Link, as we affectionately call it, is a Hispanic-oriented news service that has been covering national issues since 1980.</p>
<p>Getting to this internship on the East Coast was a blessing, and I owe it mostly to two men – Chico State professor Dave Waddell, who informed me of the opportunity, and former Sacramento Bee editor Jack Sirard, who was one of my references. Both were my white-haired knights in shining armor who slayed errors from my résumé and cover letter.</p>
<p>However, I know getting to D.C. took more than a clean résumé and a punchy cover letter. It was my 12-hour days at The Orion; it was department chair Susan Wiesinger teaching me the painstaking skills of shooting and editing video; it was Lewis Brockus’ high standards in my photojournalism class. All of these elements ultimately opened the Link’s door.</p>
<p>As a reporter for Hispanic Link, I am required to put all those skills I learned to use – I’m a one-woman journalism band.</p>
<p>Recently, I covered a high school mariachi group from Zapata, Texas, that visited the capital to perform for Vice President Joe Biden. As I was scribbling and snapping away, I tried to remember the rules Brockus taught us and at the same time make sure I paid attention to details of the event. This is what journalism is now: a multitude of skills instead of a specialization.</p>
<p>Working in Washington, D.C., has been, well, remarkable.</p>
<p>My first week I covered the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ conference and was able to interview Texas Rep. Joaquín Castro, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta – who co-founded United Farm Workers with César Chávez – and Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas. I’ve written about the unemployment rate, a Kennedy Center PR disaster and bank discrimination.</p>
<p>In the short time that I’ve been here, I’ve had the privilege of hearing a Supreme Court case, eaten at the very expensive National Press Club restaurants and visited the journalism-shrine Newseum. I’ve exchanged cards with reporters from The Washington Post, Univision and the Associated Press. </p>
<p>Most importantly, I’ve had the chance to reconnect with my reporter roots.</p>
<p>There are a number of things all journalism students are advised to do, and interning in Washington, D.C., should be one of them.</p>
<p>I don’t know where I’ll drag my luggage to once this internship ends Dec. 14, but I know that this experience and what I learned at Chico State will lead me to my next newsroom.</p>
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