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EDITOR’S NOTE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Dr. Stephen Kimotho EDITOR Nicole Walters SUB-EDITOR Tracy Gesare DESIGN DIRECTOR AND CREATIVE DESIGNER Tracy Gesare PHOTOGRAPHERS Rajab Saidi Nashon Owano CONTRIBUTORS Agatha Loyce Alexis Rusita Ann Nixie Miitii Emily Munyao Nashon Owano Nicole Walters Rajab Saidi Tracy Gesare ON THE COVER The prominent Statue of Liberty. Picture by: @rajasaidi 2 This magazine is a deliverable of the Media Tour Ex- perience, a Senior Journalism elective course. Being a digital magazine, it is meant to incorporate more than just text and pictures, but also videos. I t is a great privilege being the part of the able team that champions of the first Media Tour digital magazine; a prod- uct of the senior Media tour class. Being the pioneers of this course in the new journalism program that started in 2014, meant that we blaze the trails, something that we did with pleasure. In this magazine, we try as much to share our experiences of the tour through stories, interactive videos and pictures of the different places we visited. Individual experiences can fill a whole book but we try our best to share the highlights here. Our main attraction at NBC Studios allowed us to experience the intense making of a firsthand live show, On Air which you can watch in the magazine. We would like to thank Bonfire adventures for making the trip a reality especially Annette for being, patient, professional, kind, considerate and self-sacrificing in ensuring everything went well even when we were miles away. To our parents and guard- ian, we are forever indebted to you for gifting us this experience. Our instructor Dr. Stephen Kimotho, thank you for being patient and understanding throughout the entire course peri- od. Your direction taught us more than what we signed up for. United States International University- Africa, thank you for allowing this opportunity and letting us represent the school. Nicole Walters 3