Tips from How to Come Out of College and Kick Some A...

I've got a year or two before I end up worrying about internships, but it feels like it’s just around the corner. Heading into Chuck Clark’s and Melissa Harris’s seminar “How to Come Out of College and Kick Some A…” I learned some important tips about the internship process and how to get a job afterwards.

Some helpful tips from Harris and Clark:

1.   Never turn down a story.
2.    Make the best of a story.
3.    Be curious about everything.
4. The best ideas come from the reporter, not the editor.
5.  Accept criticism and learn from it.
6.   Find sponsors; they give you jobs.
7.   Market yourself (dress appropriately).
8.   Don’t leave your first job before getting your next job.
9.  A great internship doesn’t have to be at a big-named company.
10.  If you won’t work for free, someone else will, BUT…
11. You don’t have to take an unpaid internship.
12. Ask questions about your internship.

Even though the internship process is still a little ways away for me, it was interesting to hear two professionals discuss their experiences about the process.

Michelle Bagnall, '15

Associate Diversions Editor