In 2008 the Hinckley Institute of Politics teamed up with the Li Ka-shing Foundation in Hong Kong , China to send five students from the University of Utah and seven students from Shantou University in Shantou , China to work as student journalists during the 2008 presidential election . The students were led by Frank Folwell , former photography editor of '' USA Today '' and his wife Sherry Riccardi . The students attended both the Democratic and Republican Conventions . From there they traveled to Washington , D.C. where they established their headquarters in the offices of Policy Impact , a lobbying and public relations organization under the leadership of William Nixon ( a Fellow of the Hinckley Institute of Politics )
Republican Conventions
2008 Republican National Convention
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