Rachael Ray Show Reflection

I am interested in an internship in the news department at WSB-TV. I am currently a sophomore at Savannah State University, majoring in mass communications with a concentration in online journalism.

I am applying for the Communication internship position. I am enthusiastic about the opportunity working for your organization. I became aware of the opportunity online and also through my professors at High Point University.

“What inspired me to become journalist is I was always was a pretty good writer. I wanted to write in a field where work would be consistent and I could play a part in spotlighting things that needed to be discuss in society.” stated Hooley. Journalism became Hooley’s life and

From the first day, I walked into my high school, I had an idea and a vision in mind. I wanted to create an organization that would give those that wanted to pursue a career or had an interest in news and television journalism an opportunity to express themselves. Whether it was editing, production or being in front of the camera, my goal was to create a competitive program that would inform and entertain my high school and the community. On December 17th, 2013, we aired the first episode ever of the Weekly Warrior and the Smithville Broadcasting Network was born. It was a ragtag group of student journalists. No one had any idea of what they were doing and we were just wanting to get the wheels rolling, so that’s what we did. The challenges began to arise, first in the fact of finding time to complete editing and directing. Editing was increasingly time consuming and while it always got done, it was something that sometimes would take the place of homework. Overall though that first year was very successful, we had a passionate crew of people working both on and off the screen.

Taylor Sampson interviewed Jay Welsh, current Florida Virtual School instructor in Journalism and seasoned broadcast journalist to talk to him about the career of journalism. When asked what would all aspiring journalists study and do before entering the profession he states “Number one is a great writing education. Very little is done without a script, and you are responsible for writing that script.” He also says to follow your passion “There is all types of different fields (for journalism careers). Mine was sports. For others it might be politics, fashion, wild life.” He even says every aspect of life has a journalist path. “The last thing would have to be comfortable speaking. You’re going to be in front of people. It can be a bit egotistical if you like being the center of attention; because that’s what you are.”

I had the pleasure of interviewing Ms. Irene Rademeyer, LPT of 1945 Barcelona Drive. Dunedin, Fl. 34698. In talking with Ms. Rademeyer, I learned that she obtained her Physical Therapist license 43 years ago in 1972 (I. Rademeyer, personal communication, June 22, 2015). Ms. Rademeyer developed an interest in this profession from the influence of her mother who was a nurse. Although she did not want to follow directly in her mother’s footsteps, she had a desire to help others in a medical capacity and the independence physical therapists have in managing the care of their patients appealed to her (Rademeyer, 2015). Ms. Rademeyer expressed that she had a desire to be able to change the lives of people by helping them to regain functionality and

Ever since I was able to write, I documented my everyday encounters. My journal expanded alongside my writing skills. However it was until college that my true passion for storytelling unfolded. My freshman year, I declared my major in journalism. I craved getting out of the college bubble and actually going into the community. Listening to stories about people within the community excited me, and I thrived off being able to rely this new information back to the public, especially people within the college bubble. This past year I was able to publish some stories about volleyball and softball games in Ole Miss’s newspaper, The Daily Mississippian. Currently I am a member of the Native American Journalist Association, working on a project about

Besides my journalism classes, I have written for the Daily Iowan as both a metro reporter as well as a reporter on their Ethics and Politics Initiative. Mostly I write short form, informative articles, but I’ve always wanted to dabble in opinionated articles as well.

Though newspaper I met older students, many of whom are still my mentors and some of my closest friends. Being in journalism, pushed me far out of my comfort zone. I have interviewed everyone from the janitor responsible for the first floor restrooms to the superintendent. I have given presentations to audiences of over three hundred people. I have planned field trips, meetings, and interviews. The Heritage Journalism Department has shaped me into the leader

Joining the newspaper discourse community was one of the greatest achievements in my high school career and that was only possible by gaining intellect about the community, securing my place on the team by proving myself, and by continuing to learn from my experiences.

I’m writing regarding your congressional internship summer session position in Nashville or Washington. I heard about your internship program through a close friend, and was excited to learn it is open to students from all states. As a matter of fact, I met one of your recent interns, Matt Tolbert, in my first few weeks at Tufts, and in discussing politics was surprised when your name came up. I told him I intended to apply for a position myself, and he explained how you require interns to read and write daily, and meet with them to discuss. It was fascinating to me how invested in your interns you seem to be. I told Matt that it made me even more interested, and he said, ‘let’s not get ahead of ourselves’ or the like, and we had a laugh, and

The problem of interpreting the Constitution and framer’s intent is a constantly permeating and troublesome question in the minds of Supreme Court Justices, judges, prominent politicians, and policy makers alike. It is a problem that has been pondered for years and years in the courtrooms and on paper with no real conclusion. One such essay arguing this dilemma is “How Not to Read the Constitution” by Laurence H. Tribe and Michael C. Dorf, who explore the questions “Is reading the text just a pretext for expressing the reader’s vision in the august, almost holy terms of constitutional law?” and “Is the Constitution simply a mirror in which one sees what one wants to see?” (Tribe,

Imagine the earth as a rubber band and you put it around a roll of paper, paper being the people. The more paper you ad the more stretched the rubber band gets until it just snaps. Earth represents the food water and oxygen needed to live and when that burst, life ceases to exist. Population growth is due to three reasons, high birth rate, low mortality rates, and increase in food production. Populations numbers are more rapidly eating away at natural resources and in the future there will be no more to go around. China's idea is to make laws forbidding no more than one child. Couples should be responsible for the number of kids they have and not be forced by law.

During the teenage years is when the human brain goes through the most drastic changes, both at the cellular level and at the emotional level. Teenage brains go through the most emotional distress because their frontal cortex is not fully developed. According to dr. Charles Nelson who was interviewed for the film; Inside The Teenage Brain and said, “...and because the child - the 13 or 14 or 15-year-old - still has an immature frontal cortex, they often do not make the most responsible, reasoned decisions.” This is one plausible explanation to most teenage attitude. Dr. Nelson also referred to mood swings, “But we think the ultimate responsibility for regulating these mood changes resides in the frontal cortex, and that's what's overseeing

Two years and an Associate’s degree later, I transferred to Phillip Merrill College of Journalism (University of Maryland College Park) to study broadcasting. There, I learned the tricks of the journalism trade; how to shoot,