Media and Communications Internship at SBU’s political science department
- Internship Memoirs
- January 29, 2021
This semester, I worked with The House Music Group as a press relations intern. Though the internship only lasted for this semester, I really enjoyed it. Since the summer, I have been working on my goal of being part of the music industry. Through this internship I was able to get my foot in the
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READ MOREBy Sherin Samuel Going into the media and communications internship with Stony Brook’s political science department, I was extremely excited but also scared that I wasn’t going to be good enough for the position. I knew it was going to be a lot of work right off the bat, but I wanted to gain experience
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