Jeffrey Atencio

Spring 1999

Journalism Internship

• I learned how to use Microsoft Access and input my stories into the main database
• I also learned how to find stories in other newspapers, press releases, magazines and other news sources so I could create new stories out of them
• I learned how to edit and write stories on topics I had little knowledge in. By doing this I was able to make something that was complex into something tangible and easy to read
• I was shown how to interview in a way in which the information I obtained was both useful and interesting
• I learned how to work on my own, be self-reliant and take the initiative in writing my stories and doing them by a deadline
• Finally, I learned that being a writer you have to try to write in a way that is unbiased, clear (particularly in quoting people), information is accurate and new and interesting