Internship Memoirs

Creating engagement on social media 0
- Internship Memoirs
- August 1, 2020
By Ryan J. Ferguson This summer, I interned at Stark Media Group in Riverhead, New York. Co-owners Kelsey Stark and Michelle Hulse were wonderful to work with. Their business is a social media marketing agency on the East End of Long Island that offers a wide range of promotional services to local companies. I had
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You Got to Start Somewhere 0
- Internship Memoirs
- May 1, 2020
By Aaron Viltres When I transferred to Stony Brook, I came in with plenty of work experience, but I stressed and struggled over landing an internship related to my major. That quickly changed when I attended the journalism career fair in Fall 2019. This being my first career fair within the major, I didn’t know
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Learning to breathe, and other tricks of radio reporting 0
- Internship Memoirs
- May 1, 2020
By Brianne Ledda I probably don’t need to say this, but Spring 2020 was an unusual semester. I don’t believe I can describe the tension at Stony Brook University in early March, the week before spring break, as the world became aware of the onrushing COVID-19 pandemic. I have never seen anything like it, and
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Changing Horses in Midstream 0
- Internship Memoirs
- May 1, 2020
By Matt Cataruzolo My JRN 488 experience was probably a little different than most. The COVID-19 pandemic caused World Wide Sports Radio Network, the internet radio network I was co-hosting/interning for, to go on an indefinite hiatus. I, like many others affected by the pandemic, felt scared, nervous, and out of options. As I analyzed
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Mistakes won’t break you 0
- Internship Memoirs
- May 1, 2020
By Maria Cestero This semester/year, I decided to intern at Greater Moriches, a local online publication based in Shirley, Mastic, Mastic Beach, Eastport, Center Moriches and Moriches. Though not all the articles I wrote were published, it was truly a great learning experience on how to work under pressure and on meeting new people. My
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A tale of day and night 0
- Internship Memoirs
- May 1, 2020
By Donovan Alexis I am writing this on the last day of my internship, and honestly, this experience is something I will never forget. As clichéd as it sounds, I’m dead serious. How could I ever forget my first full internship, at WSHU radio, during the year of COVID-19 pandemic? The last 16 weeks felt
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