Monday, May 14, 2007

Through The Eyes Of An Intern

Today is an exciting day, not only because it’s sunny out but because today is the first day of the summer internship program.

Every semester, NBC17 hosts about a dozen news interns. Over the course of the semester they learn about the various aspects needed for a broadcast to be successful.

This semester, we have our very first web intern. She will be working in our interactive unit to learn all about NBC17.com. I decided that it may be interesting to hear about what the very first day was like for our web intern. I will let her tell you in her own words. Her name is Michele. Here is what she writes:

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First, I would like to say welcome to the wonderful somewhat exciting life of an intern at NBC17. My name is Michele and it is my first day as a web production intern. A little about me: I am an Atlanta native and a rising junior at Hampton University which I lovingly refer to as my “home by the sea.” I’m a broadcast journalism major, but at age 20, I still have close to no clue where I want to go with my career. I want to do something in media, but you never know.Now a synopsis of my day.

After navigating through traffic from my residence in Wake Forest, I arrived at work at 8 a.m. I will admit that I had a serious case of nerves, but that was swept aside with relative speed and ease. Working as a web intern is a new front for me. Although some have hinted that it is a little uneventful, I find it interesting. Sure I spent pretty much the whole day looking over someone elses shoulder, but how else am I supposed to learn?

I love technology so I hope to learn a lot during my time here. If not anything else, I think I’ll benefit from experiencing a real news room. Around 4 o’clock I was snagged to write this blog, which has probably become the most interesting point of my day. At 5, I’ll leave, but I will return again at 8 to do it all again.

Michele
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-Jason
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