Summer internships blog

SB 1070 heats up Arizona business coverage
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SB 1070 heats up Arizona business coverage

As the summer heats up in Arizona the debate over the controversial immigration bill, SB 1070, has kept pace.
Federal district court judge  Susan Bolton has until July 29 to make the decision on whether or not the bill is constitutional.  If the bill holds up it will take affect at 12:01 a.m. on July 29.
Bolton’s [...]

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Co-working trend: From the streets to the newsroom
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Co-working trend: From the streets to the newsroom

The extreme heat rolled into New York City last week and with it came the reminder that the remaining weeks of my internship are running thin.
Before the extreme heat made it almost impossible to lug my camera and tripod around the New York City subway system, I covered a story that got me thinking about [...]

Split summer: Phoenix Business Journal and Reynolds Center
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Split summer: Phoenix Business Journal and Reynolds Center

My summer as an intern with the Phoenix Business Journal and Reynolds Center started earlier than most
… And it has been an interesting eight weeks.
I’m a Phoenix native, so no moving or adjusting to a new place was required. But working in business is a jump for me.
I’ve covered politics and pubic safety, but business [...]

Living in San Francisco, loving MarketWatch
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Living in San Francisco, loving MarketWatch

If you want to work at MarketWatch, you better make sure you like babies.
Almost everyone here has them, and there’s even a large collage in the kitchen dedicated to cute baby pictures. People take them to sports practices and doctors’ appointments. They get sick. They do cute things. And you have to share these stories and all relevant pictures [...]

Spill coverage reaches far beyond the Gulf
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Spill coverage reaches far beyond the Gulf

Four weeks before my internship began in New York City, British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico killing seven people and beginning what would become the biggest oil spill in history.
Leaving San Francisco, I had no idea how bad the situation was going to get and I wasn’t sure of the [...]

Houston, we have success!
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Houston, we have success!

By Salvador Rodriguez
 
I worked on my first story at the Houston Chronicle, which wound up on the web and then got printed for today’s paper.  It landed as the centerpiece for Pg 3 of the Biz section – a fine place to start I would say. Waste Management announced that their COO was leaving, so I [...]

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Summer business journalism interns

After taking you around the globe to China, we will be taking you across the country this summer.  There are 12 students from the Cronkite School all around the United States participating in business journalism internships.  Each student will look to contribute and share with you the tips and tricks they learn, as long as [...]