Comments on: The All-Important First 100 Days (as OFB Intern)

By: joetink

joetink — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:34:39 +0000

I used to supervise journalism internships at AU (well more than a couple hundred moons ago; I actually have an AU intern working for me right now in the newsletter field). Considering the sad financial condition of the news environment, I think you’ve made a wise and creative choice for an internship. Using your imagination to pick your spots and make your own opportunities is going to be key in the next few years. The vivid way you took the reader to the scene of your internship in this article tells me you are going to handle your early career years just fine. I’ll be rooting for you.

By: pucksandbooks

pucksandbooks — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:05:57 +0000

Washington is a fantastic city for undergraduate internships. There’s notable media; Capitol Hill; law firms galore; government; high tech. No surprise that we attract quality young talent.

By: Capitals Kremlin

Capitals Kremlin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:49:33 +0000

I spent this past summer interning with the Progress-Index in Petersburg, Va. While I was able to get a lot of stories published, I am quite jealous of Andrew’s opportunity here. It’s not every day you get to cover the Capital AND get college credit! Lucky dog!

By: TG

TG — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:23:14 +0000

I used to work at a division of Dow Jones and we pretty much immediately put our interns to work as well. We needed the help and they got to assemble a pretty nice group of clips by the end of the summer. This compared with internships by some of their colleagues that consisted of doing a lot of research, but no articles that they could point to as having been written by them.