Halo, Guten Tag!
I will star off by saying what an incredible day. I had the opportunity to cross something off my bucket list today! During our free time this morning we took a trip to East Berlin and went to the East Side Gallery. This is the east side of the Berlin Wall where there is artwork painted onto the one mile remaining section of the wall.
We took this time to take pictures and observe these paintings. All were beautiful in there own way. Some were deep with expression while others more comedic. I believe my two favorites include the very famous painting of a car going through the wall! The other an intricate painting by Peter Russell featuring rich blues, golds and oranges.
After our excursion to the Berlin Wall we went for a media visit to Duestches Welle. This was very exciting for me because it directly relates to the broadcasting world and gave our group and inside look at how this profession works in Germany. I was intrigued by their vast amount of programming in four languages across six channels. Deustches Welle prides them on being the voice of the German people not the voice of the government they walk the fine line of not being a public relations representative for any one person or ideal but to show all opinions involved in a situation. This is something that I feel is hard to find to do in today’s media and also very hard to do.
During this media trip I thought it was interesting to se the similarities and differenced that American and German television stations face. I really enjoyed seeing how everyone is effected by changing times and changing technology.
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