Interning for the Sacramento Bee has been a wonderful, exciting, challenging experience. I have been exposed to tools and techniques which can only be offered at a top-tier, large news organization, and will definitely miss the Bee’s technology when I return to school in the fall. Other lessons, however, will be easier to bring back. My resolve has been strengthened on gruesome crime stories, while my storytelling abilities have grown on thought-provoking features. Editors have trusted me to report on truly influential news, and are clear about what changes were made to my work and why they were made. I’ve worked hard on assignments and seen the results on my doorstep the next day, sometimes even on the front page. This summer, to me, marks my ascent into journalism’s big leagues and makes me feel much more confident about the daunting job search awaiting my graduation.
Links to some of Ben’s work:
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article24937138.html
http://www.sacbee.com/community/elk-grove/article27344980.html
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article28471426.html
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