Internship Memoirs

  • Hands-on learning at a hyperlocal newspaper

    Hands-on learning at a hyperlocal newspaper0

    By Jessica Coacci My experience at the Long Island Herald was educational. At the Long Island Herald Newspaper, every intern was assigned to an editor. We pitched story ideas to our editors for approval, and they directed us to sources to interview. When we finished our articles, our editors gave us advice and feedback, including

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  • Finding an internship, and a professional home0

    By Ryan J. Ferguson I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to intern at Stark Media Group in Riverhead New York. My journal began two years ago, when I first interned at Stark Media Group while attending Suffolk County Community College. The Hamptons-based marketing agency then was known as Town Crier Social Media.

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  • My internship helped me grow as a reporter0

    By Nick Grasso At 11 on a Sunday morning, I walked a mile down Main Street in Center Moriches searching for interesting characters and places. Center Moriches is a 10-minute drive from my house in Shirley, but I had not made that drive often before starting my internship at GreaterMoriches.com, a local news website.  Carl

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  • Networking helped me land my internship0

    By Joe McQueen During Fall 2020, I interned with the Amityville Record newspaper here on Long Island. I’m grateful for having the opportunity to do this internship during the pandemic, which made many other internships scarce. After finding out I did not get another internship I was hoping to do during the fall semester, I

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  • My internship opened my eyes to a new career path0

    By Hallie Harvey I am forever grateful to For the Love of the Game Lacrosse (FLG) for what its internship program has taught me and the experience I will now carry into the rest of my life.  The entire FLG staff and community is incredibly welcoming and helpful and made my time with them feel

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  • Learning to write for radio: ‘a reboot and a shock’0

    By Caroline Klewinowski  Over the summer of 2020, in quarantine, my friend and I hosted a podcast. It kept me sane during the long months when the pandemic was really starting to hit. In the beginning of the fall semester, there was something that felt familiar about the idea of interning at a radio station.

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