I first heard about The Hollywood Reporter internship program in the back of an Uber. I had just joined a sorority and some of the older members had invited new members out to dinner to get to know each other better. We were covering all of the typical bases: what year we were graduating, where we were from and what we were studying. When I mentioned I was studying journalism, the...
This past spring, I had the opportunity to intern full time at The Academy of Country Music in Encino, CA. I am a graduate student in Communication Management, and have hopes of establishing a career in marketing and publicity in the music industry. I came across this internship on The Academy’s website in September, and throughout the next several months went through three rounds of...
For the past two weeks, USC Annenberg students have been immersed in the inner workings – and networking with the high ranks – of media companies on both U.S. coasts.
Sixteen undergrad students are in New York City, and 16 undergrads are in the San Francisco Bay area. Chosen to take part in the highly-selective Maymester and Bay Area Maymester programs, they represent a range of USC...
Full Name: Michelle Bielas What is your hometown? San Diego, CA What is your favorite thing about your hometown? The consistency of “70 and Sunny” weather
What is your major? Public Relations
What is your minor (if any)? N/A
What is your expected graduation date? May 2016
Why did you choose to attend Annenberg? I was lucky enough to know as a high school...
It was in mid spring of the first year of my master’s program when I received an email announcing Annenberg’s internship and job fair. Among the impressive list of companies was the agency I had always admired: Edelman. At the time I was already set to intern in London over the summer, but I could not shy away from this incredible networking opportunity. When I arrived at the fair, I...
Opportunity. That’s what I saw when I accepted my internship at NBC Nightly News. The opportunity to learn, the opportunity to meet new people in the news industry, the opportunity to make an impact on how news is covered, and most of all the opportunity to grow as a journalist.
When I walked in to the Brokaw News Center for the first day of my internship, I had three goals in...
I was hit in the face my first day of seventh grade softball team practice. I cut my toe on a pool jet in my first week of eighth grade swim team practice and had to go to urgent care. My freshman year of high school, I didn’t even make the frosh-soph volleyball team.
Playing sports was not my thing, but I was always a fan. I jumped at the chance to go to one of my brother’s...
Full Name: Alix Spector Lipson What is your hometown? San Francisco, CA What is your favorite thing about your hometown? I think San Francisco is a truly beautiful city. I love how one minute you can be immersed in fog, unable to see 10 feet ahead of you, and twenty minutes later, you can be basking in 70-degree sunshine. I also appreciate San Francisco’s forward-thinking nature – I’m so...