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Tibet and Emerson Beijing Program

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

The 35 Emerson students and graduate students who will travel to China to join the official Olympic News Service (ONS) in reporting on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing remain unfazed by the China Tibet conflict.

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Tags: Beijing · Beijing Olympics Program · China

It’s official!!

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments

After a competitive interview process to get into the program back in October and then a grueling test administered by BOCOG officials over two weeks ago, it is official: I’m going to the Beijing Olympics this summer!! It has been weeks of preparation, anticipation and suspense waiting for this announcement. After reading the email, there [...]

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Tags: BOCOG · Beijing · Beijing Olympics Program · China · International Sports Reporting · Journalism · Mandarin · Olympic News Service · Olympics

The Suspense!

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

One meeting lasted four hours to prepare for the Olympic News Service test which will determine whether or not I get to go to Beijing this summer. I’ll find out in a week if I passed or not…oh, the suspense!

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Tags: Beijing · Beijing Olympics Program · China · China Central Television · Olympic News Service · Olympics