I think that the writing skills I have acquired and
developed as an English student as well as my involvement in SHEI fashion
magazine on campus have attributed to my success at my internship. In terms of my own personal familiarity to
social media and my role as social media chair for my sorority, my skills and
knowledge in that realm were extremely valuable. I think that the communications department at
Michigan could benefit by offering more social media related courses to
students. A course I took this past year
on American Journalism was extremely valuable because the class educated me on
catering to a specific audience in my writing. My boss, Michelle, articulated
that while it is important for individuals to have good writing skills, it is
equally important for writers to cater to the voice of the magazine. I completely agree. My own voice in my
writing is very different then the voice of Who What Wear. I realized that you
have to be able to adapt to their needs in order to excel.
That is a great lesson to learn. I know nothing about publishing/journalism/etc but it seems like that really important in that field. And you got to experience that in class and then real life. Thats always a cool situation to be in.
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