Internship Description
mr078948 on Jul 28th 2010
Hello, my name is Michele Runko and I am interning as an editorial assistant at the Children’s PressLine of the Daily News. My responsibilities during the 10 weeks that I am here are assisting Queens, Bronx and Brooklyn Editorial Coordinators researching stories and setting up interviews with sources, transcribing interviews, assisting youth writers in the writing process (ie coming up with questions and getting them ready for interviews), copy editing stories, writing stories for the Children’s PressLine newsletter, serving as editorial coordinator for an annual story with Joel Klein.
It has been a great experience thus far showing me what a challenge it can be coming up with solid news stories that a children’s angle can be taken on. This internship has had my patience grow immensely due to dealing with all types of personalities with the children ranging from ages 8-18.
When I got this position my goal was to grasp any work experience within a newsroom and a deadline based atmosphere. It has been great and I plan on taking all that I have learned here along with me to future jobs.
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Hey Michele. I’m interning with the College Now journalism program for high school students, so I’m doing similar work to yours but with kids a bit older. (Patience is definitely a requirement for work like this.) I’m enjoying the fact that I get to be the editor rather than the reporter for a change. I don’t know how much time you have left there, but good luck and have fun!