Week 5 Sept. 20-24

I can't believe this was already week five for school and internship. This week on both days all I did was work feverishly towards getting all my press releases done. Both Monday and Wednesday I stayed late trying to send all the ones I had written to Matt. It was a long two days, but with only nine left to write, life is looking better! I am still waiting on replies from a few senators so I can send all my press releases to the district media outlets their counties are in. My eyes hurt so bad when I leave work, but I know all these examples will look good with my resume! Oh, and I also did all my clippings both days.

8 hours

Week 4

This is week four of my internship, Sept. 13-17. This week on both days all I did was write many many press releases. I wrote at least 20. After I e-mailed them all to the senators that approved them, their executive assistants send them back to me telling me if they are ok or not. Matt then taught me how to send them to all the newspapers, magazines, etc. So the media can then get my press releases released to the public! I did this on both days plus all my clippings. It was a busy week!


8 hours

Week3, Sept. 6-10

This was a short week because of Labor Day, so I only had to work on Wednesday, Sept. 8. I got there at 8:30 and got all my clippings done. Then I wrote 8 press releases! They were all about roads and bridges getting rehabilitated all over the state. I got them all approved by Matt (the guy who I work with) and sent them out to all the senators to get them their final approval. I then left at 12:30.

4 hours

Week 2, Aug. 30-Sept. 3

Day 3: This was the second week of my internship. I came at 8:30 and finished all my clippings by around 10. I was then given a stack of information about roads getting refurbished, bridges getting painted and fixed. There's going to be 25 press releases written and it's my duty to write them. Then send them to Matt, my editor, then he sends it back to me and I then send it to the senator and the State Representative who approved the grants. I then left at 12:45. Just to go to my other job at 4!

Day 4: Day four of my internship I worked and got finished with all my clippings from 8:30-10:30, then I wrote 3 press releases from the massive stack I have sitting on my desk. I then sent them Matt, then to the Senators in charge. I wrote all these till 12:30. I think I may start having to take them home in order to get them all finished!

8 hours and 15mins

Week 1, Aug. 23-27

Day 1: This is week one of my internship. I got there at 8:30 (luckily because traffic is terrible) Monday Aug. 23 and I was shown my desk and some of the duties I will be doing. Such as, going through every media Web site in the state finding anything written or put to video, stories about the state of Oklahoma, any of the senators or anything they may want to make a law about. I then take all these and post them to an E-mail, then send it out to all the senators and anyone working in media. This is all I learned and did the first day.

Day 2 Wed. Aug. 25: The second day I did all my clippings (as explained above)from 8:30-10:30, then I was given information about a new law going into effect. I then had to compose this into a press release and send it out to the Senator who approved the law. I left at 12:30.

8 hours