PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — I guess that’s a wrap for little old me! This marks my last blog post as an intern with WAVY and I’m honestly pretty distraught.
I can’t begin to express how grateful I am to have this opportunity to work with such talented, fun, creative individuals. The structure of the internship provides such a versatile experience where we get to dabble in each department.
Working with my supervisors Kristi and Karolyn has been an amazing experience. They are both personable and professional people who I’ve happily stuck on to my reference sheets. I couldn’t have worked here over the summer without them. I’d also like to thank Stephanie, our internship coordinator. Like I said, the structure of the internship is fun and almost feels like a scavenger hunt. If it wasn’t for her, I’d probably be hiding in my office all summer.
If there’s one thing about a girl like me, I love connections. Even though every professional drills in your brain that “connections are everything,” they wouldn’t drill it for no reason. Every person I spoke to has taught me wonderful tips and tricks when it comes to the media industry.
Jumping around to each department, like weather, news, sales and production, has taught me that everyone seems to have fun here! Sometimes I forget that professional people aren’t just corporate robots, and everyone here has boatloads of personality.
I could keep talking about the work I’ve done here or go on an extensive rant of all the proof of performance reports I ran, but I’d much rather be sappy and say that my time here was great. The connections I’ve made, the conversations I had, I’d much rather talk about that than some branded PowerPoint (which I very happily) made.
Where am I going next? This week, I move into a new house at school, and I’m still on the hunt for some internship opportunities throughout the school year. WAVY has given me a big step up and reaffirmed that I was born for the media industry. Although you won’t get updates from me, remember my blog posts for when I take over the world.
Thanks to every friendly face I got the pleasure of knowing. I definitely won’t be a stranger though; you’ll hear from little old me again when I need a job.
Much love to everyone at the station!
