CBS News Article

Guess who has her first article up on CBS News?? MEEEEE!!!!

I'm so excited I had to immediately post it to Facebook and Twitter, and of course blog about it. 

This is one of those moments where you realize your hard work truly does pay off. I worked on this story for most of my day Tuesday, in between other intern tasks. I am so honored to be a part of CBS News and to have the opportunity through my department to be published while interning! It's crazy to think that just over a year ago I was publishing my first few articles on The Daily Beast and now I'm up on CBS News!

I'm so so so excited that it went up (and so quickly, that's the news business for ya!) and I can finally share a little bit of what I do every week,

U.S. EMTs adopt new Ebola procedures- CBSNews 

New Article!

As most of you know, this summer I have been working as an editor for The College Tourist, gathering our weekly writer's roundup. But I've also had the opportunity to work on articles. My newest one went up earlier this week, and it's all about my trip to Korea! If you're not already sick and tired of me constantly talking about it, showing you pictures, or creating endless blog posts, then take a look!

So You're Going to South Korea...

College Tourist Updates

Hello! I wanted to post a quick little update about my work for The College Tourist. Every week I put together a roundup of articles from our Global Writer's Network. Here is my roundup from yesterday, as well as from the past couple of weeks.

June 6th Roundup

May 31st Roundup

May 23rd Roundup

You can follow The College Tourist on Twitter to see my weekly updates as well as other great articles on traveling, studying abroad, and how to survive college; you can also follow me on Twitter, to see blog posts and some of my other musings. And don't forget to follow me on Bloglovin!

In case I haven't reminded everyone 1428305830 times, I will be traveling to South Korea next week!! So you can all expect quite a few photo-heavy posts in the next couple of weeks, stay tuned!

Via The College Tourist, by Sweet Tea and Sass

College Tourist Writer's Roundup

I'm back! Sorry for the lack of posting, this is an absolute crazy time for me right now. However, school will be out in less than two weeks and then I'm free! 

For now, I am excited to announce that this summer I have an editorial position with The College Tourist! If you have been reading the blog for a while, I had a virtual internship with TCT last fall, and this semester I have worked for them as freelancer; you can see some of my work here. 

As part of my position this summer, I am responsible for gathering the Global Writer's Roundup each week. Every writer in the College Tourist network gets a badge for their site, and are part of a network of writers and bloggers. Each week, I will be assembling posts from some of the writers in our network, and making a list of the must-read posts for the week. You can check out my first roundup here. 

I will be updating every Friday with a new roundup all summer, so stay tuned! While you're at it, you can check out other posts on The College Tourist.

Women in the World

Ok, I finally have a little time to sit down and blog (or I'm just a terrible blogger and that's my excuse...), and I can finally tell all about my amazing weekend.

This year was the 5th annual Women in the World Summit, a gathering of dozens of powerful and influential women who are making a real difference in the world. The summit is organized by Tina Brown, the founder of Women in the World, former editor at The Daily Beast, and current CEO of Tina Brown Live Media. And guess who was at the summit (hint: me!)?

I interned with Newsweek and The Daily Beast last summer, when Tina Brown was still in charge, and one of my editors now works for her over at Live Media. He sent me an e-mail over spring break (which I responded to while riding in a convertible through Newport, in typical California fashion), asking if I wanted to work the summit! Obviously!

I was on the social media team, responsible for live-tweeting various sessions during the summit from the WITW account; when I wasn't tweeting from there I was tweeting from my own account- basically I was using social media for my job!

My very first press credentials!

Lincoln Center, after Day 1.

Jon Stewart (yes that Jon Stewart!) and several Arab activists discussed the effects of the Arab Spring on women.

Charlie Rose and Pussy Riot!!

Sorry for the hotel selfies, I had to get at least one outfit picture. Blazer, Talbots. Skirt, Cynthia Rowley. Heels, Guess. Top, Ross. 

Tina Brown and UN Ambassador Samantha Power, one of my idols!

Just a few of the amazing women who spoke throughout the week.

One of my awesome editors from the Daily Beast! (Top and skirt, both Forever 21)

While I didn't get to meet anyone (the downside to being a reporter sometimes- less access!), I did have a seat in the press box for the summit and was able to be in the same room as not only great female journalists but great women who are making a huge difference. The best part was seeing Kelsey, one of my fellow interns from last summer who I become great friends with, who came up all the way from school in Florida for the summit! It was so much fun getting to stay with her in the city and hang out again!

It was a huge, huge honor to be a part of this and I hope to be back next year (provided I am not in Amsterdam)! This only confirms how much I love journalism and all the opportunities that it comes with, and I am so thankful to have had the chance to intern at The Daily Beast last summer and reunite with everyone. 

Fall Internship

Finally! After searching for months (I started applying in June), I scored a Fall Internship! Today, I received an e-mail from College Tourist, an online student blogging website about studying abroad and college life. I had been waiting to hear back for a few weeks, and today I got the good news!

I will be a part of the Fall 2013 Team, writing articles for the website and further honing my journalism skills. One of the biggest perks is that it's a virtual internship, meaning I will be writing and reporting from my dorm room! The age of technology has even changed how internships work.

I'm so happy to finally have an internship for this semester! More updates to come on my internship once school starts in a week!

My Last Daily Beast Article

I've been home for almost a month now, but I still have one more article that I've been working on for The Daily Beast. I wrote about the battle between printed textbooks and e-books, which as a college student is a pretty big deal. I had never considered writing an article with a business perspective, but here you go!

Also, my article is on the homepage of The Daily Beast!!!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/06/print-textbooks-still-dominate-campus-textbook-market.html

The Hunt

It's the first day of August, and I have a little over four weeks until I move back to New York to start my second year at Hofstra. With the new semester comes the search for a new internship, but unfortunately finding one isn't as easy as it was the first time.

My summer internship at Newsweek was the only internship I applied for. I've now applied to a few for the fall, and haven't heard back from any of them. This isn't unheard of- most people are rejected by dozens of potential employers. I have friends who are entering their junior year who still haven't had an internship.
However, I still really want an internship for the fall. I arranged my schedule to have class only on Tuesdays and Thursdays, leaving Monday, Wednesday, and Friday open to intern full-time. Even if I don't get an internship I'll have those days completely free to do homework, study, and possibly work, but I'd prefer an internship. 

I've applied to the French Institute: Alliance Français, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and NBC. I've already been rejected by NBC (or rather, they decided not to "pursue" my application at the time, which only means I'll keep applying!), and haven't heard back from FIAF or CPJ. 

I'm one of those people who will bombard your inbox with e-mails until I get a response, even if the answer is "no." I'm less worried about rejection and more worried that I've been relegated to the spam folder or my response simply hasn't gone through. 

So, I'll keep applying and keep e-mailing until I've exhausted my resources. Time to keep hunting!

My Article!!

I've posted a few articles here before, but I'm finally able to post the one I am most proud of. I've been working on this article for a long time, and it finally ran on The Daily Beast!! I meant to post it yesterday when it came out, but I'm home for the summer and it's been crazy busy (I'm finished with my internship, and you can expect a post about that soon!).

As a (female) college student, safety is extremely important, especially off-campus. After an off-campus shooting happened near my school, I decided someone needed to take a closer look at off-campus safety. And that someone was me.

Please take a look (and by look I mean read it!), this is a really important topic for me and I'm quite proud of this story.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/07/13/can-students-stay-safe-off-campus.html