You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
This is my last blog for my internship. Over the past few months I had many great experinces and learnt a great deal. While there were difficult times I tried to learn from my mistakes and take on any advice anyone gave me.
I learnt how to write stories both constructing them and how to get ideas for stories. I learnt how to use industry tools such as writing programs. I met new people and built my confidence by being thrown in the deep end from day one. I worked in both features and the news room which was a learning curve. I also went out with photographers most days and gained many great tips from them.
However anyone wishing to have an internship at any print company should just be prepared it is a lot of working generally writing three to four stories a day. By the end I did find the internship to be quite stressful and draining. I loved meeting new people and learning something new all the time. I enjoyed the interaction between sources as well as staff.
I think further improvements to the internship could be made such as clear working times and may be a little more guidance in the way of structuring an article. I did find this was my weakness the structuring of a basic news article. However by the end of my internship I felt confident in writing a news article, speaking to sources and using writing program. The internship also let me produce some great articles for my portfolio. Experiencing a print workplace has let me consider my further job prospects. All in all I thoroughly enjoyed my work experience while learning and experiencing many journalistic skills.
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