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nicole's Rating for "Lakeland Ledger"

Posted By:
nicole
Position:
Life Section Intern (features)
Start of Internship:
01/02
End of Internship:
05/02
Overall Rating:
4
Internship was great for:
  • Letter of Recommendation
  • Fair Hours
My internship provided me with real world experience:
Strongly Agree
My internship met the job description I signed up for:
Neutral
My internship involved a lot of grunt work:
Agree
My boss positively influenced my internship:
Agree
I felt comfortable in my work environment:
Agree
There was an established internship program at my company:
No
My internship was great for networking:
No
My hours were fair and flexible:
Yes
I received a salary / compensation:
No
I received college credit:
Yes
I received a letter of recommendation:
Yes
Comments

It was great in that I got real-world experience at a local paper. I had to do grunt work, like fact-checking the dining guide, but I also got to write quite a few intricate articles for the Life section. Two of them made the front page of the section, and I was able to double up on one of those to be a final story for my feature writing class. So, I got great real-world experience, but I wasn't paid and I had to drive to Lakeland two days a week to get it. Oh, and the paper had only had one prior intern from UCF, so there wasn't much of a structure for interns. I think they weren't quite sure what to do with me, so this internship definitely wasn't for someone looking for guidance.

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