In the past month at Jacobs Media, I have learned far more than I ever thought I would learn there the whole year. My mentor has let me experience a little bit of everything. I signed up for photography, and I am getting to do some of that (for instance, on Halloween I covered an event and the photos got published on Access North Ga), but I spend most of my time writing... and I love it! I do things like reading a press release and then write a story for Access North Ga from the press release. Then with the same release, I write an HR (headliner) or an RV (a lengthier wording complete with a voice recording) for WDUN Radio. It took me a while to understand what those were... in basic terms, they are the scripts for the news casts! I also update the Associated Press Wire, along with the GNN stories and I add those to the site. My work is always edited by my mentor and then the main editor, who always help me get better everyday. I also do things like edit news cast sound bites, along with pulling the Accuweather forecast for the day and helping record the daily stock news. I am always doing something hands-on, I am never just observing. I absolutely love my coworkers and my mentor and I love what I am doing. Though I must admit, sometimes news stories can REALLY get depressing.
The class that has most helped me prepare for my internship with Jacobs Media has been Yearbook. I began yearbook in eighth grade and have continued ever since. I am now enrolled in Journalism 3, or Yearbook 3. I am the 2014-2015 Sports Editor of the Onyx Yearbook. This class taught me how to interview, a VITAL skill to surviving the real world of journalism. It also taught me how to respond to criticism, how to write articles, how to improve my photography, and how to get along with people even if we have very different opinions. It taught me to understand the hierarchy regarding editors and staff. It taught me to care about what I am doing and to make people want to read it, while still maintaining objectivity and being truthful.
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