Interning at San Diego Magazine has its ups and its downs. Ups: Free bagels on Mondays, intern lunches at swanky restaurants, black-tie party invites. Down: Getting handed a stack of papers so thick it makes an audible THUMP when my editor slaps it onto the desk, and being instructed to call every name (30 names per page) to check the spelling.
I'm not just a general intern for SDM. I'm also the intern for San Diego At Home, which is the bimonthly magazine-within-the-magazine about home design. On top of that, I'm the intern for Exquisite Weddings Magazine, the biannual wedding magazine that SDM publishes. I'm also part of the web editorial team, which means that we update the Daily San Diego blog. We go to events and blog about them.
I've learned how to use a professional phone voice, how to track down high-resolution photos, how to tell people we don't want their story in our magazine, how to write on a deadline, and how a magazine works. I've managed to accrue a relatively thick stack of clips that were published either in the magazine or online. I've written about hardwood floors, home theaters, holiday decorating, holiday entertaining, Little Italy, Mission Hills, and others.
And I'm sad that next week is my last week.
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But apparently I've not learned how not to write with a serial comma.
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