Monday: This was the day I scoped everything out. Walked the three and change miles to work... I walk because that is the best way to see a city (I don't do this every day to work mind you though). I figured out which door I would be going in and which metro stop I would get off at. It was nice to understand everything before I had to be there bright and early the next day.
Tuesday: First Day! This was the first day for the program and internship with the NationalJournal.com. We talked about the program with our director Terry Michaels throughout the morning and we headed off to our internships after lunch. I met up with my boss and coworkers who I must say are great people. I think I will enjoy my semester there very much. They pretty much just gave me the tour and explained a few things and sent me home for the day.
Wednesday: This was my first full day at the National Journal, and they got the ball rolling with me early on. I learned about their content management system and how to upload or edit stories. I also learned more about this new relaunch they have planned for this fall. I am really excited about all the changes they have going on there. For some of the older people, I think it scares them, but for me and my group of younger, multimedia savy workers, it is quite a fun time. I also got a chance to help with some set designs for shows they produce and the funniest/scariest part of the day was when I cut my finger with a box cutter. I have become quite good at typing without my pointer finger this week though...
Thursday: This day was more training with the website and our office was slammed because the National Journal magazine gets finished on Thursday and we have to upload it to go online for Saturday. I only stayed my hours, but apparently some of my bosses stayed around til 10:30 working on the main page and changing out links to stories. We also prepared for an event we had to attend bright and early the next morning.
Friday: On Friday, we attended an event by NJ and Allstate that talked about the role of the economy and the middle class. We filmed the event for National Journal and then took the video back to the office to edit. They use Final Cut Pro, and I was glad to be looking at a system I was familiar with after being thrust into a strange CMS. I also caught an error on the front page of the magazine online and was able to go into the system and change things. That was a moment of accomplishment.
And that was pretty much the week in a nutshell. This week is a trip to the FEC and John King at CNN. Should be fun... if my sliced finger ever heals......
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