Abstract

My one month internship done at the post Newspaper started on the 24th of August and ended on the 24th September. The journey began with orientation from the internship supervisor Mr Danhatu. He told us about The Post Newspaper and the writing style we have to use when writing stories.

We then started going on coverages and writing stories. These stories were edited by the supervisor Mr Danhatu or the assistant desk Editor Mr Hope Ndah. We equally had few sessions from the Editor in Chief of the Post Newspaper Mr Bouddie Adams where he thought how to use synonyms, and know the different words to use when writing stories.

Experienced Journalist were equally invited to talk to us. They were Mrs. Honorine Cheng, who taught us how to write stories and how to work very hard in the profession. A writing competition was organized and winners were awarded magazines.

The president of CAMASEJ was also invited and he spoke to us about peace journalism and to be responsible as up coming Journalist.

On the 25th of September a send forth party was organized by the Interns of the Post. Few guests were invited for the party and the staff and interns celebrated the end of internship together and made merry.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1.      Reasons for internship

I decided to carry out my internship for the following reasons which will be seen in the preceding paragraphs.

Firstly, Internships are a great way to apply the knowledge from the classroom to real-world experience. Learning is one thing, but taking those skills into the workforce and applying them

is a great way to explore different career paths and specializations.

To add, having  an  internship  benefits  you  in  the  working  environment,  and  it  also builds your professional network. There is a 1 in 16 chance of securing a job by connecting with people, so networking is critical. Internships provide a great environment to meet professionals in the career field you want to pursue, as well as other interns who have similar interests.

Furthermore, internship helps you figure out your interest. You might think you know the career you want, but you won’t know it is the right fit until you gain professional experience. This is one reason why internships are so important when deciding on a career.

For example, you may carry out your internship at a radio station for the first year and later do It at a newspaper house the second year. Then you realize that you enjoy working for print than for broadcast and finally you decide to specialize in print after graduation

To continue, I equally decided to do internship because it teaches one how to balance work and life. When you attend college, you might have a unique schedule that allows you to work out, take a nap or meet with others between classes. However, the typical office job makes for a very different schedule.

By completing an internship, you can learn more about how to prioritize tasks such as exercising, socializing or completing chores before and after your workday.. Learning about This helps you develop your time management skills, as your new schedule makes you think more about how to structure your daily routine around office hours.

To conclude, internship also helps to introduce u to office politics. Interning in an  office environment is the perfect place to observe office politics and learn how to approach them. Office politics include components such as office gossip, general attitudes and behaviors or general workplace culture can teach you how to maintain good relationships with future coworkers and how to communicate effectively with upper management to make changes or ask for guidance.

1.2. Reasons Why I Choose To Do My Internship At The Post Newspaper.

I went to do my internship at The Post Newspaper for the following reasons which will be seen below.

Firstly, The Post Newspaper is ono of the most credible Newspapers in the country. So, going there I know I will be able to learn how to be a credible reporter which is one of the most essential skill to possess as a journalist.

Again, I choose to do my internship there because I really wanted to learn the art of writing and I knew that I could gain that skill by doing my internship at Th Post Newspaper.

Furthermore, I choose to do my internship at there because I know that they have well trained and experienced journalists which I can learn a lot of things from.

I equally choose to do my internship there because former interns who did theirs there gave me good remarks about The Post Newspaper so I decided to drop my internship letter there and to give it a try.

Lastly, I decided to do internship at The Post because they have young staff who are full of energy and enthusiasm to work. So, I knew working with such staff makes learning easy.

1.3. Objectives of the Internship.

Before going on internship, I set objectives for my self and also planed on how to achieve the various objectives. These will be seen below.

My first objective was to learn how to go on coverage and gather News stories.

I planned to archive this by following the staff for coverages incase of any event and also looking for news stories around me and covering them.

My second objective was to learn how to write news stories for Print.

I planned to archive this by writing as many stories as possible and by also reading stories written by others so I learn how to write.

To add, I also wanted to learn how newspapers are produced.

I planned to archive this objective by going to work on days of production so that I can see how it is done.

Furthermore, I equally planned to make contacts with staff so that they can mentor me in my journalism career

I planned to archive this objective by working very hard and being devoted so that I can be mentored by a staff.

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