First Day as an Intern

[disalarming]

Yesterday was my first day as an intern at an international news broadcasting agency. Out of everything I have on my plate this semester, this internship was the thing I was looking forward to the most. It’s the first internship I’ve ever had and it also has the added bonus of having all the qualities of a dream internship for me, so I was a combination of nerves and excitement when my first day to intern rolled around.

I was nervous for nothing, because it was awesome. I know it’s usually a little premature to declare something to be awesome on day one and I am sure there will be days where I get frustrated or overwhelmed but overall, I’m pretty positive that I’m going to love my internship. I get to write press releases that get published on the agency’s website, assist in different language programs, lead tours of the studio, prepare promotional/informational packets, answer incoming calls from the public… the list goes on. It’s very much a hands-on, “real work experience” type of internship because I was reassured on multiple occasions that I will rarely, if ever, have to make photocopies or run errands or fetch my supervisors coffee or do other “grunt work.” That’s fantastic, especially considering that I am only in my second year of college and I’ve never had previous internship experience!

As if all that weren’t awesome enough, I get my own work email and desk/office space and employee/intern ID! Man, between that and my business card, name tag and (shared) email address at my other job, I’m liking my forays into the business/working world!

Cross-posted from breakthesky.net. Please leave any comments there.