News Internship Program
is an eucational program
designed for students
interested in pursuing a
career in Journalism,
Broadcasting or Communication. Please
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Internship Program
Application for Job in
Media Production and News
An intern type (Alan Romero)
means doing internship in an organization or in specific subject of study.
Internships exist in various industries and settings. Here are two primary
types of internships that exist in the United States.
Work experience internship:
Most often this will be in the second or third year of the school period.
The placement can be from 2 months to sometimes even one full school year.
During this period the student is supposed to use the things he/she has
learned in school and put it in practice. This way the student gets work
experience in their field of study. The gained experience will be helpful
to finish up the last year of the study.
Research internship (graduation)
or dissertation internship: This is mostly done by students that are in
their last year. With this kind of internship a student does research for
a particular company. The company can have something that they feel like
they need to improve, or the student can choose a topic within the company
themselves. The results of the research study will be put in a report and
often will have to be presented.
While summer may be a time
of rest and relaxation for some college students, others choose to develop
their professional skills and further their career goals during their few
months off from classes.
Cullen McCarthy and Kailey
Dees are both University of Georgia students who took advantage of opportunities
to participate in major-related internships over the summer and gain valuable
knowledge and experience while doing so.
McCarthy participated in
a premedical fellowship with Our Little Roses in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
He also gained first-hand knowledge of medical procedures by scrubbing
in on neonatal and pediatric surgeries, as well as researching pediatric
AIDS patients in San Pedro Sula from 1994 to the present.
“We were fortunate enough
to research 396 subjects, almost twice the size of the largest AIDS study
previously done there, so we were extremely pleased about that,” McCarthy
said.
In the afternoons he would
go to a language immersion class for two to three hours and play basketball
or soccer with the girls living at the home. On the weekends, he helped
to arrange free AIDS testing with missionaries and nurses from Mercy Ships,
a global charity operating hospital ships in developing nations, or he
would work nights in the emergency room.
“That was my favorite part
because I got to do every kind of medical procedure imaginable as a college
student,” McCarthy said.
Dees participated in the
Governor’s Internship Program as an assistant to Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue
and spent her summer in Atlanta working with the governor’s contacts, writing
letters of correspondence, assisting with press conferences and photo shoots
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Their summer programs gave both
McCarthy and Dees valuable experience in their respective fields of study
as well as presented invaluable opportunities for their professional growth.
“My summer gave me a concrete
reason to be a doctor,” McCarthy said. “It gave me a sense of compassion
for the people of the third world, and it made me so thankful to be born
into the life I have.”
Dees said her internship
allowed her to delve deeper into the political system by being able to
work so closely with the governor.
“I was able to understand
the true pressures of holding this type of office with such huge responsibilities.
Yet, I was able to get to know the governor and his staff as individuals,”
she said.
As competition for jobs after
college increases, internships and other similar experiences are becoming
crucial in giving students an advantage in their job search.
Both McCarthy and Dees said
they feel that internships are extremely important for the personal development
of college students.
“Without experiencing this
internship, I would not be as socially developed as I am now,” Dees said.
“I gained confidence, communication skills, and learned how to deal with
extreme pressure as a result of being put in this environment.”
“I think an internship needs
to be something you are passionate and excited about,” McCarthy said. "There
are so many out there that you could find one that not only forwards your
career path but also inspires you or gets you excited.”
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