My internship is just about half over. I'm looking forward to not commuting to Salt Lake every day, but it'll be sad when it's over.
I'm the editorial intern at the Ensign Magazine, which means among other things that I've already read October's issue and that I'm working on articles that won't be published for at least another year. If you want to read about the publication process, check out the July issue of the magazine. There's an article called Making Church Magazines that describes it better than I could (view it as a .pdf if you can).
It's a super cool internship because I'm not just "the intern." Sure, I get odd jobs, but so does everybody else. I really feel like part of the staff, which is amazing and (from what I hear) unusual. I do article editing, get author approval, participate in title and pagination discussions, give my input on the article designs, and do a little of the final proofreading.
One of the coolest aspects of my internship is that I get to feel like I'm contributing to something important. I don't think there are many jobs (at least not right-out-of-college jobs) where what you do has a direct (and international) impact for good. It's also cool to work with a group that has such a clear and unified purpose.
That's about all I've got to say about that.
2 comments:
That must be an amazing blessing for you. I know working for the church is a blessing for our family too. It really is unlike any other work environment. People aren't perfect, but most of them are sure trying harder than other co-workers.
So ... I'm really proud of you for doing an internship. If you weren't having a baby, what would yo do for a job? You should call me sometime ... I'm panicking.
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