Emily has been in Portland Oregon for the last few days. She went on a last minute, ill planned trip with the SABC to Nike headquarters. Her and Manalisi (the SABC correspondent) were sent to film the Nike products being given to the Olympic athletes (Nike paid for the trip). Apparently it has been a disaster from the beginning. They didn't book Emily's flight or hotel until the day before she left. Even then the flight dates were wrong and they put her in the wrong hotel. She had Nike fix the problem less than 24 hours before she was set to go. When her and Manalisi arrived, they had no schedule and no idea what they were doing. Nike set up an interview for them, without asking or giving them any idea who they were talking to. Manalisi had no idea what to ask during the interview.

Most of their time has been spent in lecture halls being preached to by advertising executives. This would make riveting television, I'm sure. They have been barred from filming anything that would make a nice story; Emily even had to sign a form saying that she wouldn't "give away company secrets". She was not allowed to film in any of the product testing or design labs. I can't wait to see what they will scrounge together for a story.