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Rachel Doig
roles and tasks that we are responsible for, along with assisting on
bigger office projects. Some of the projects that the interns are
required to work on are blogs to promote Double R, VLOGs, the Pro
Bono piece, elevator speech videos, posting on social media, etc. Quite
often, various opportunities pop up throughout the week that we arent
prepared for. About halfway through the summer, we ran outside to
film an impromptu protest in Dupont Circle. We then took this footage,
researched the subject, and turned it into a news video. The interns are
responsible for collecting recycling every week, and sometimes
running errands to the bank or the store. We answer the office phone
when its ringing, along with other office-like tasks. As a whole, our
intern department has gotten along extremely well throughout the
summer, which makes it much easier to work on projects. We mix well
together, and all of our projects have been a collective of our minds.
Understand how the various departments within the organization effectively
work together to achieve organizational-wide goals and objectives
o To be able to understand how each department flows well together in
a communications company, you must understand how videos are
made from start to finish. We all assist with brainstorming certain
ideas, or methods used to be able to make an idea come to life. After
all of the pre-production and planning are done, some of the team will
go on the video shoot. Here, the interns are the production assistantsWe are responsible for makeup, release forms, call sheets, and making
sure that everything and everyone is attended to. While the shoot is
going on, Rosemary, Catherine, and/or whoever else is on the shoot
will conduct business. Quite often we hire freelance videographers to
film for our clients. They only add to the group of people that it takes
to complete a video. After the shoot is complete, we sometimes take
the footage back to the office where our editors get to work. This part
of the process, post-production, takes a long time. The editing portion
of video production is where the ideas really come to life. Each
individual person and component is crucial to the production of our
projects.
Meet one-on-one with at least three professionals at the organization to seek
professional development and career advice
o I have spoken to almost everyone in the office about professional
development and career advice. I know where most of them went to
school, how they chose their career, and how they ended up at Double
R. The three people that I speak to the most about professional
development are Rosemary, Catherine, and Lauren. Rosemary knows
so much information about communications as a whole, and she is a
great mentor. I often find myself wishing that I had known her since I
decided to become a communications major, as she has given me so
much relevant career advice in my short 3 months here. Catherine has
taught me a lot about professional development and how to hold
yourself as a professional. My fellow interns and I attended various
might come our way. If this isnt great planning advice, I dont know
what is.
Social media
o Social media is an area that I think Ill be involved with no matter what
I decide to do with my career. Since Im in the social media
generation, its inevitable that Ill be working with either blogs,
Facebook posts, or some sort of marketing work. I do know a lot about
writing and good ways to promote companies and organizations.
Flannery, another employee of Double R, has taught me different little
things about posting on social media. Ive learned about timing of
posts and how to expand the reach of our posts. The intern team at
Double R creates a blog each week to be posted on our website. This is
also used as a social media and marketing technique. Plus, blogging
allows me to sharpen my writing skills!
The education that Ive received at IUP has been a great one. Nothing that
Ive done in my life thus far could have entirely prepared me for my internship with
Double R Productions, but IUP has given me some great skills. Ive used some of my
technical skills such as operating a camera and editing to assist me with my
internship. Aesthetics and creativity are a few other things that Ive worked on at
IUP and have been a great help to me when working in DC.
All of my communications classes that Ive taken at IUP have assisted me in
some way at my internship with Double R Productions. A few that have helped
prepare me the most include COMM 240 (Communications Graphics), COMM 271
(Beginning Photography), COMM 395 (Career Planning), COMM 403 (Broadcast
Newswriting), and COMM 351 (Advanced Video Production). All of these courses
have taught me various things about media and ways to work with media that Ive
been able to apply to different projects over the course of the summer. Career
Planning was a great preparation class for the real world. Because this course
taught me things about resumes, interviews, cover letters, and other professional
development, I was much more prepared for people that I encountered in DC. When
comparing my knowledge to that of other students at The Washington Center, I was
better prepared and more developed in professional skills. In addition to my
communications courses, Ive taken classes in the English department that have
also prepared me for my writing opportunities along with advocacy events that Ive
attended.
For me, it is hard to pick particular things to be deemed most important in
my internship experience. Double R, along with The Washington Center, have given
me lifelong skills and opportunities that I never would have imagined when first
arriving in Washington D.C. The Washington Center experience has impacted me as
a student and a young professional. Ive learned much about myself and my
workplace through the LEAD Colloquium sessions. Involvement in civic engagement
let me extend my network and branch out to other people that I wouldnt have
before coming to TWC. My night class allowed me to extend my knowledge of
journalism ethics and how it plays into my future career. One of the best
opportunities that I was presented with was the opportunity to attend a taping of
Meet the Press. Here, I sat in-studio and watched as the crew filmed the taping with
Chuck Todd and his guests. After the taping, I was able to meet with Chuck Todd and
ask him questions. For me, this opportunity was one-of-a-kind. Not only was I able to
meet with someone intelligent and successful, I was able to see behind-the-scenes
of the longest running TV show in history. Plus, the news junkie in me was
enthralled with the discussion going on in front of the cameras. This opportunity,
along with many others, was a truly eye-opening experience and allowed me to feel
confident in the field that I have chosen for my career.