{"id":9301,"date":"2017-01-19T10:08:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?p=9301"},"modified":"2017-01-19T12:03:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:03:54","slug":"com-covers-the-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/com-covers-the-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"COM Covers the Inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9302\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2017\/01\/h_butoday_17-1023-COM-013.jpg\" alt=\"BU News Service editors Rob Carter and Sarah Toy are coordinating student coverage of Donald Trump\u2019s presidential inauguration. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2017\/01\/h_butoday_17-1023-COM-013.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2017\/01\/h_butoday_17-1023-COM-013-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BU News Service editors Rob Carter and Sarah Toy are coordinating student coverage of Donald Trump\u2019s presidential inauguration. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most of the nation will watch Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration today from the comfort of their own homes. It will be more frenzied for journalists Sarah Toy and Rob Carter. While it\u2019s possible that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/12\/27\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-inauguration-security.html\">upwards of a\u00a0million people\u00a0<\/a>may be at the ceremony to celebrate, or protest, the 45th president, Toy\u2019s and Carter\u2019s fingers will be flying across their keyboards, editing reams of news copy and multimedia from a team of tail-busting Terriers for posting ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>Toy (COM\u201917) and Carter (COM\u201917) will be headquartered at the DuPont Circle office of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/programs\/washington-dc-journalism-program\/\">BU\u2019s Washington, D.C., Journalism Program<\/a>\u00a0as a half dozen fellow student journalists from Boston and three or four from the Washington program file stories, video, photos, and social media coverage for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bunewsservice.com\/\">Boston University News Service<\/a>\u00a0(BUNS), which since election night 2012 has immersed College of Communication students in covering real-world news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have student reporters at the swearing-in ceremony and stationed along the parade route. We\u2019ll also have people covering protests around town, including the much-anticipated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.womensmarch.com\/mission\/\">Women\u2019s March<\/a>,\u201d says Toy. \u201cThere will also be students reporting from Boston, so we\u2019ll have a local angle as well.\u201d The Women\u2019s March on Saturday is expected to draw hundreds of thousands advocating on behalf of women\u2019s rights. Millions more will be marching in almost\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.womensmarch.com\/sisters\">every state and around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s swearing-in will cap a year and half of grueling campaign reporting by BUNS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pride ourselves in providing opportunities for our students to do journalism,\u201d says BUNS advisor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/profile\/michelle-johnson\/\">Michelle Johnson<\/a>, a COM associate professor of the practice of journalism, who has accompanied the students to Washington. \u201cIn covering the election these past 15 months, our students have had a chance to produce stories at campaign events and interview voters and delegates at the conventions last summer. And we were in New York City on election night. It\u2019s been quite a ride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/academics\/what-we-do\/journalism\/\">Journalism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bunewsservice.com\">Watch the coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/2017\/com-covers-inauguration\/\" class=\"button bg-green\">Read more on BU Today<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the nation will watch Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration today from the comfort of their own homes. 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