{Meet the Press with Joe Arpaio}

Hello! It's been awhile. I have been doing everything but blogging. It's been a busy

month or two here, but I'm sure you're all feeling that way too. 'Tis the season!

I'm ready to get back into it though. I have a slew of posts planned for the next week

or two to get myself up to date. Hopefully there's still someone out there reading this

thing; I've noticed my lack of fresh content has meant a lot less readers. :)

Gotta go back a couple weeks to get caught up chronologically ...

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The Cronkite School at ASU hosts an event series called Must See Mondays. Each week

they feature a journalist -- sometimes local, sometimes not -- that comes out to talk about

their experiences. A meet the press event with the controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio had a

lot of people talking in the community. People tend to absolutely love or wholeheartedly

hate Arpaio. His tactics have drawn national attention, and he's notorious for his love-hate

relationship with the press.

I took a few pictures just before the event started, in part, because there was such a great

turnout and so much chatter about this event in the days leading up to it. Also, I wanted to

show off the schools gorgeous First Amendment Forum. This is where I've been going to

school for the last year and a half since our program moved into downtown Phoenix. And

PCI (where David works) helped build this impressive place!

It was pretty cool to see the local news stations coming to us to get their top story for

the night! Channels 3 and 15 are over against that far wall there. Outside, our own

Heather Turner was covering the protesters who were there for and against Arpaio.

You can see the one hour conversation for yourself via ustream, if you'd like.