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Finding her voice 0
- Internship Memoirs
- December 1, 2017
By Gabriella Shtanko My time at WSHU public radio was far from what I expected. I had pictured myself grabbing anchors coffee and doing research on stories that no one else wanted to do, however the only time I grabbed coffee was when my responsibilities were draining me. WSHU didn’t treat me like an intern;
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Learning my value, with help from Mika Brzezinski 0
- Internship Memoirs
- December 1, 2017
By Kristie Kam “Every little thing you do matters,” Mika Brzezinski said to me on the first day of my internship. And it really does. This semester, I had the opportunity to work with Mika on her personal brand, “Know Your Value” – a community to empower women in business. Prior to this internship, I
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Working hard to find my voice 0
- Internship Memoirs
- December 1, 2017
By Michelle Toussant My first experience with radio was in 2012, my freshman year of college, at 90.3 FM WHPC. At the time I had absolutely no journalistic experience but began compiling news stories for the daily evening news broadcast. After about two weeks I was was offered the opportunity to join the station’s news
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An Internship With a Slow Pulse 0
- Internship Memoirs
- December 1, 2017
By Nick Spennato If I had to describe my internship at Long Island Pulse Magazine in a single word, I’d probably go with “simple.” Compared to the rest of this semester, which I’d describe as a cascading series of problems, my time at Pulse was refreshing. Work stayed there. It wasn’t something that would follow
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Writing for radio 0
- Internship Memoirs
- December 1, 2017
By Nicola Shannon No one likes the sound of their own voice, myself included. Interning at WSHU, I spent hours alone in a booth with my script and my voice, and after a while, I learned to appreciate and control my voice as a new journalistic medium. This process began with learning how to write
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An Internship with Impact at CBS News 0
- Internship Memoirs
- December 1, 2017
By Nikita Ramos During the fall semester of 2015, I visited the CBS newsroom for a Professional Friday trip. Since that day, I’ve been inspired to work in such a respected organization. Two years later, I can finally say that I’ve done it and I honestly feel like a changed person. At the beginning of
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