Small fish, big pond


So I’m a day and a half into my internship at The Miami Herald. I am a “multimedia intern.”

It’s a little gloomy around here, but most of that is rain. People are starting to make jokes about the cuts and motivation still seems high. Then again, I didn’t see much of the newsroom before Monday, so I don’t really have any basis for comparison.

I was afraid of the changes I would face in moving from a managerial position at a small paper to a flunky at a huge paper. I shouldn’t have worried. Even though the newsroom here is enormous, the online group is pretty small. I’m a medium-sized fish in this room.

Yesterday I built a little sidebar for a page on the site and today I’m working on a page for a series of stories. So far I’m being handed assignments and then pretty much left to myself to get them done. Just the way I like to work.

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2 comments ↓

#1 Danny Sanchez on 06.18.08 at 1:47 pm

Glad it’s going well Megan. Don’t let any of that santeria altar karma rub off on you…

#2 gmhauke on 06.19.08 at 10:48 am

Small fish, big fish, red fish, blue fish, but always: our fish!

So proud of you!

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