Las Vegas is a city unlike any other one I have ever visited, and SPJ could not have picked a better place to hold its national convention. The city is a reporter's dream, as there are dramatic scenes and crazy characters everywhere you look. For the entire trip, we felt like cultural anthropologists analyzing Sin City- the gluttonous amounts of fatty food and alcohol available, the scantily clad people, and the millions of lights wasting energy represented the best and worst about the United States in one place. It was entertaining, but also strangely mesmerizing.
On Sunday night, we took our time walking back from the conference sessions to our hotel. We stopped to watch the fountains dance at the Bellagio, and we looked at the intricately themed hotels. We were ready to go to sleep, but the city was just awakening. While crossing the street, we stopped at the top of a pedestrian bridge crossing the traffic to look over the city. All of Las Vegas was lit with lights: the Eiffel Tower of the Paris, the Empire State Building from New York New York, the towers of the Excalibur's castle, even the four story M and M's World. We couldn't help but stop and stare. Las Vegas was the perfect setting to learn from the pro's about real issues in the journalism industry, and we felt so lucky to have made it to the conference.
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