First impressions

These past two weeks have been a whirlwind. Trying to get settled in at school and learning the ropes at my internship. Whew.

At the Oklahoma Gazette, the editorial interns (Luke Atkinson and I) are left to complete the Hey! Do This (HDT) section and the little mini stories that shortly follow that section; we call them floaters.

Luke and I have decided to switch off doing floaters and doing HDT every week. They're not that difficult to do and both of us have been able to hit these things out of the ballpark in less than a day.

With that being said, this internship is very hands on and we are continually given the opportunities to write and cultivate our clipbook. At this point, we are both working on a few full-length stories for the Gazette. Right now, I'm finishing off with a feature on a Oklahoma City singer-songwriter and a legislative story. Hopefully, if all goes according to plan, these stories will run in the Feb. 10 edition of the Gazette.

Anyway, back to work!