A Day in the Life of a DNC Reporter: Crash The Parties 2016

Fuse and Voto Latino joined forces this year for Crash The Parties, a competition to give two young talents the chance to cover the 2016 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Arlene Santana earned the opportunity to head to Philly to cover the DNC from July 25-28, and by the end of a long day of interviewing and reporting, she was all smiles on Monday night.

“Our first day has been incredible!” Santana exclaimed. The Sullivan City, Tex. native got to experience Philadelphia’s DNC from all angles—read her recap of Day 1 below:

1:00 PM: We drove through the city to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where we got a chance to check out PoliticalFest, which has a replica of the Oval Office and Air Force One. I think the Oval Office was a little more powerful—everyone is familiar with it, everyone wants to sit in that chair and everyone has seen the show House of Cards, too!