If you have had the pleasure of meeting my dad, then you know he is a very passionate, well-read man. He is constantly reading articles about history, traveling and everything else and can hold his own in any heated debate (or as he likes to call it, "discussion"). I have always admired him for this.

His main source of news is BBC World News. He raves about how unbiased the reporting is. It is the homepage on his Internet browser and he will fall asleep watching it every night. I'm telling you all of this because our group was lucky enough to tour the BBC studios today and my dad was the only reference I had before walking into it.

First, we caught a glimpse of the newsroom, which was amazing but overwhelming. There were three computer screens to a desk and everyone had on big headphones. It was cool to see that the news is researched and assembled for viewing in that room by those people.

Then, they set up a mock studio and let two of us act as news anchors! I was very excited about this so I volunteered to do the set with another student, Gianna. Once I figure out how, I will post the video!

After this, we headed over to the BBC One radio studio and once again, they set up a mock play set for us. I didn't realize this but the station airs live plays. It was very interesting to watch the introduction video to this because obviously the plays are done all through sound. Five students from our group read the script and I did the sound effects, which was actually a lot of fun but I had to pay very close attention to the cues! I flopped leather gloves for flying bats and clinked glasses for a "cheers!".

Fun fact: the term "broadcasting" came from farmers who scattered seeds for harvest.

That's all for now! Will be back soon xo