Being an intern is ... (great)

 

My Summer ‘ 14 in less than 300 words

After a long time without blogging, it’s time to get back to business. But I do really have a solid reason why I didn’t post a single word in the past months: I was for two and a half months working as an intern at LaVoz de Galicia – the fourth most read daily in Spain.

After this experience, as I feel the fears of approaching my final year of university, I could confidently say that I would like to become a journalist. An industry that continues decreasing sales and many researches argue it is dead. That was the most important thing I’ve learnt so far: realising I am right way.

My very first article published on its website

However, not everything is as easy as it looks when you pick a copy of printed press. There is a lot of hard work and rush behind it. My routine was simple and complicated at the same time. My mission was to go to the streets and find a good story. Sometimes worked well, but sometimes your sources let you down or there nothing really going on, especially in August.  So then is when you have to the editor and provide solutions. It was pretty hard to being able to find interesting news every single day.

Overall, I think there were ten incredible weeks. And as I talked with my fellows at the newsroom all of them agree that in order to build a successful future in this industry is essential to get some work experience. For personal and career reasons I would definitely recommend it to everyone.