Internship perception

I used to be really into this HBO series called The Newsroom. It was about a fictional nightly news network with Jeff Daniels as the leading role. I got most of my insight of how journalism works.

It may seem silly that most of my insights came from a TV show but I was quite surprised how accurate the show was compared to interning at The Times. The main difference between the show and interning are the deadlines. Of course the TV show would not show reporters trying to meet deadlines because it is not interesting for a TV show, but I have learned at The Times that deadlines are IMPORTANT. Reporters at The Times must publish an article everyday, luckily for us interns we only need to publish one or two articles a week.

Even though we only have to publish one or two articles a week it is still very time consuming for us because we do not have the same amount of time work on articles like the Full-time employees have, plus we do not have not gone off to journalism school to master the profession.

I feel if I try my best to manage my time well and think about everything that's going on around me, I would have more ideas for articles so I won't get the occasional blank white screen contemplating what I should write about.  

HMP Annotated Bibliography

Koile, Kevin. "High School Students Learn About The Journalism Industry." K2 Radio. K2 Radio, 5 Oct. 2015. Web. 06 Oct. 2015

More than 100 students from all around wyoming attended The State Press Association Journalism Convention. The students learned a wide array of topics from photography, interviewing techniques, and journalistic writing. This is important to them because they are in a such a small town that most of the time current events of what's going on don’t get around as well.

  While the students only went over some of the topics in one convention. At The TImes I am learning a wider array of topics and more in depth of each topic throughout the whole year. I can use these skills that I am learning not just for journalism, but for many other skills such as communication, writing, and people skills. I hope to use this article later to help compare my mentorship with what these students did at this convention.

College Ranks

1. University of Georgia Ranked 61st on US News Best National Universities
2. Mercer University Ranked 8th on US News Universities in the south
3.College of Charleston Ranked 11th US News Universities in the south

Requirements
SAT-V of 430 and SAT-M of 400

I have thought out and studied each college very closely. My First two choices are set in stone but my third choice can be changed.

Scholarships:
1.Jenny Melton scholarship
2. ALAA (American Lebanese Awareness Association) Scholarship

Time Management 9/8

Time management is an important factor in all aspects of the workplace. I try my best to manage time just by setting exact time frames on things that need to be done. I can set reminders in my phone to remind myself when I need to start something. Don't get me wrong, procrastination happens to the best of us, but the main way to fight that is to shut out all outside distractions and just get your work done

Tim Elmore "Growing Leaders" 8/31

Tim Elmore posted a submission on his blog titled "Growing leaders". He covered topics that interns face today.

Yes the mentor had problems with his interns mainly because he did not have the mindset to run an internship. You have to be focused and able to teach these interns, not treat it as a one time job, Mentors need to help students far beyond the internship and on in to college and the workplace.

In my mentorship, my mentor looks past the present and in to the future by showing us how these skill sets can help us later on.

Work Ethic

Work ethic is an important part of the workplace, so you can be apart of a healthy, friendly, and productive workplace. Great work Ethic starts with communication, you must be approachable, friendly, and have great communication skills to function properly in a workplace, you must always get along with your peers.

How I learned what I know about myself most, is that I remember how I would act in real life situations. When a problem arises I always try my best to keep a cool head and not let my emotions get in the way of the problem. Keeping calm and collective is the first thing you want do when a problem arise. Secondly you need to work well with others. Being in a workplace is like being on a team(I know that is cliche but it's a good example) you all have to co-operate well with each other in order to succeed

Communication

In the business environment you always have to maintain a certain level of professionalism when it comes to communicating. Communication varies across all mediums and should be applied in and out of the workplace, each medium of communication should be approached differently when it comes to being professional. A lot of different aspects go in to consideration when trying to be professional. Each situation differs because there will usually be a lack of a certain aspect as shown in slide 4 of the communication slideshow.

You should always communicate to friends and family in a respectful and professional manner. When talking to an employer you must speak clearly and never interrupt. Always answer questions thoughtfully.

Being in the film industry you must showcase all forms of communication because each medium overlaps one another. When talking to my mentor I must be honest all the time and speak clearly with my mentor and co-workers in order to run a proper working film set.