The search is on

Today I took my first steps to find a internship that would interest me. I am looking for something along the lines of editing, to be within the University, and paid. I really don't think I can find a paid internship, but that's not a big deal. It is important that it be in Morgantown because I do not have a car and bus schedules are unreliable.

Internships for English majors at WVU include working with: the Center for Literary Computing, the WVU Alumni Magazine, the WVU Press, and the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences College Relations Director.

The Center for Literary Computing sounds like it could be fun. I have experience with both iMac and PC, detailed knowledge of Mircosoft Office and Photoshop, have volunteered time teacher computers to elderly people, and I am currently learning how to build webpages in my 303 and 304 English classes. I can see myself editing things like manuals and webpages. The only thing I can't edit are lines of complex codes.

When I took English 302, one of the projects I did was to edit a newsletter for the WVU Alumni Magazine. The project taught me to check for consistency in both visual and within the text. I can continue to do that as well as edit anything else.

Its my understanding that the WVU Press isn't looking for anymore interns right now. I'm not sure I can see myself there anyway.

I couldn't find anything to specific about an internship at Eberly College of Arts and Sciences College Relations Director. I'm sure it's their but I could only find news about internships in Europe. I'd be all about going to Europe for an internship if I wasn't already taking other classes. I'm not too sure about what I would do their.

There is one other place; Populore Publishing. I interviewed the head editor of Populore for my English 301 class. Populore would allow me to edit in fiction and non-fiction, which I hope to do in the future. Im sure I can find an internship their if I ask, but I would like to branch out a little if I could.

The key to being good at an internship is to be practical and inovative. I know I have the skills to anything thats asked of me as an intern while still domonstrating my strenght as an editor.