March 8 Blog Post

Career Path:  If you wanted to follow in the career path of someone at your internship site, what would you need to do to make this happen?  (Tip – If possible, ask that person at your mentorship for advice and use this in your response.)

Tasks:  What types of tasks are you discovering that you enjoy or excel at completing?  Which ones are less attractive or fulfilling?

1. If I wanted to follow the career path of someone at my internship, there would be several steps to get there. I spoke to a few of my mentors and newsroom workers about this, and a lot of them said I was on the right path. They said a degree from UGA in journalism/media communications would be the PERFECT first step. The fact that I've been an intern and already have experience in the field is even better! After graduation from UGA, I could join the ranks of the many applicants to AccessWDUN and wait for my turn! 

2. I really love tasks of covering events for pictures and seeing my photography on a news website. I love working with the webmaster and seeing that we had 52.1 million page views last year alone. I love writing HTS, RVS, RWS, and HRS. I don't like tasks of calling Ed Jones to get the daily stocks, but hey, it does teach me valuable personal and calling skills. I don't like any time I'm asked to voice something (so far only once), and I don't particularly love the rare occasion I am asked to do intern stuff like filing but hey! That's the job of the intern sometimes-you gotta start somewhere!