“The Feather Takes NYC 2016,” this is the fifth of six videos as apart of a mini series while in New York. The video will be published daily and will account for their various activities during the week. The Feather Online has been nominated to receive a CSPA Gold Crown award; one of the most prestigious online high school newspaper award. A group of 16 Feather staffers have taken the streets of Manhattan in anticipation for this event. While in New York, they will be touring historical landmarks, tasting different foods and shopping at world-renowned stores. Also, the editors and advisors will be teaching four different sessions at Columbia for the CSPA annual Spring Convention. All footage is filmed and edited by Tim Nyberg, Jarrod Markarian and Jaden Ventura.

To begin the fifth day, Feather staffers attended several sessions taught by multiple advisers and industry professionals. Co-Editors-in-Chief Rees Roggenstein, Chloe Mueller, and Joshua Carter taught two sessions on the topics of digital media. One included the basics for an efficient online workflow among journalists and the second do’s, don’ts, and why’s of the social media platforms. Also, photo editor Kylie Bell and photojournalism adviser Kori Friesen presented a class on the nuts and bolts of the Feather photojournalism team.

To end the day, the staff attended The Phantom of the Opera at Majestic Theatre. Being around for over 25 years, Phantom has become Broadway’s longest running musical. For the last day at Columbia, The Feather will attend the annual awards show to find out the results of their Gold Crown nomination.

Those interested in episode four, please watch The Feather Takes NYC 2016, No. 4.

For more information on this trip, please read Feather takes NYC Day 5.