Words and Light

First, in case you forgot…

I’m in Florida.

Rainy one minute, sunny the next.

Anyway, today was our second day at the Poynter Institute as Poynter College Fellows, and today we received our “beats” — basically, assigned geographic areas with which we became familiar this afternoon by exploring and talking to people.

The beats.

So Emily, Briana, Kendall and I explored an inland part of St. Petersburg — a section of the city that includes the Grand Central District, Tropicana Field, the medical/hospital complex, the police headquarters and a lot of residential areas.

We also discovered a lot of independent entrepreneurship along Central Avenue — a lot of people just throwing all their investments and savings into opening up a specialty shop and hoping it works out. And, for those with whom we talked, it seemed to be working out so far.

Inside the On Pointe Dancewear shop on Central Avenue.

Tomorrow — lots of workshops and lots of discussion! It seems like we’ve all become comfortable with each other enough to allow for a free-flowing, honest discussion, which is obviously a great thing. I’m excited to see what tomorrow brings.

Check out a few more photos I didn’t blog here.