The media center here is starting to look a little bit like the Tampa Tribune newsroom - big piles of notebooks, newspapers, empty food wrappers and coffee cups. It’s understandable in a newsroom. We sit at those desks every day, some of us for years. But here? We’re only here for a week! I’m just going to draw the conclusion that reporters are messy people.

Tomorrow is the last day of the conference, and being in the media center is actually one of the things I’ll miss most. It’s a huge amalgamation of people from all over the world, speaking dozens of languages, all trying to figure out the same things. How do you cover the largest conference in the world focusing on the largest health crisis? How do you write on deadline while the NGOs keep dropping fliers and statements on your laptop? How do you get from one end of the convention center to the other in under 5 minutes while wearing 3 inch heals?

OK, maybe that’s just my problem.

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