Monday, May 14, 2007

Through The Eyes Of An Intern

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