Today is my last day as an intern at the News-Herald.
It has been fun. I’m a little sad to leave although I’m happy to be graduating. Working at a Downriver paper has been great. It gave me a chance to learn about a region I live in. It’s been a blend of familiar and unfamiliar experiences since I live in Dearborn and used to live Downriver.
Being in the News-Herald’s newsroom was fun. The reporters and editors who make up the newsroom are an entertaining and funny group of people. I couldn’t have asked for more helpful and friendly people to work with while I completed my internship. I learned a lot about writing and generated a lot of clips. I even had some stories on the front page so I’m grateful for that. I also gained valuable interviewing skills as well as phone etiquette.
I had a lot of fun working on my stories too. The stories on Pearl Harbor, the Kids-TALK Advocacy Center and the legislative forum were my favorites because the whole experience was interesting and enjoyable. I met some great people. But every story I worked on turned out to be fun and interesting.
I’m glad I got a behind the scenes look at the News-Herald. I hope to freelance next year and keep in touch with everyone I’ve met over the semester.
And my favorite Disney movie is either Beauty and the Beast or Cinderella. :)

This week I went to a legislative forum at Crystal Gardens in Southgate for the News Herald. I like to observe people and places so going to an event for the first time is always fun. You don’t know what to expect.

This event turned out to be a pleasant hour eating soup and salad while listening to state reps. speak on any issue they thought important. Any topic could be discussed from the new bridge to Canada proposal to making Downriver a tourist destination.

The group of Guidance Center employees I sat with were kind and funny. I learned some about the Guidance Center and also heard about their backgrounds, families and careers.

Al Sebastian, director of marketing and public relations was a print journalism major at Wayne State. His wife worked at the News Herald for three years before she had four children. Betty Priskorn, the vice executive of the Guidance Center, is a city councilmember in Riverview. Her son graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and now lives in San Francisco. We discussed employment in Michigan and the odds of finding a job in the area after college graduation.

And how nice it would be to live in San Francisco.

Before I left, Al Sebastian gave me a story idea concerning the Guidance Center and said he would help me work on it.

And as I was leaving, I realized my brother-in-law, a teacher at Ecorse Community High School, was there with some of his students.