Monday, 23 June 2008

  • Editorial Assistant

    See you later Jamba Juice! I started my job as an editorial assistant for Mosaic, an urban journalism workshop sponsored by The San Jose Mercury News yesterday. It's the same two-week camp I attended last year as a student.

    I remember fully appreciating the encouragement I received to pursue stories of interest to me. No tardy policy. No softball games. This was real journalism and all free. We were treated as real journalists with harsh criticism and immobile deadlines. Our editors were professionals primarily from the Mercury News or other local papers. Since the past year, I have been called upon to be a source for various articles requiring a teenage perspective (or Harry Potter fanatic).

    Still perhaps the most valuable aspect of Mosaic was the experience of living in a dorm in the heart of San Jose with 19 other reporters. Some have become extremely good friends, and it's beneficial as a high school student to know the other EICs in the bay area.

    This class is much more diverse and promises to be just as exciting. My duties this year include shopping runs, driving reporters, etc. Way better than Jamba Juice!

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