Another week finished...successfully

I haven’t updated in a while...been a little busy resuming my sightseeing and of course interning at Third Sector. It’s late afternoon on a Friday and as always the anticipation for the weekend is strong. This Friday is special because I believe it completes my third week at this internship. It’s amazing how time flies during the workweek...it doesn’t help that I only intern Wednesday through Friday.

I made progress on my writer’s frustration. I’ve learned to focus a little more on the important topics rather than the little details like numbers. Those can go below the meaty information that readers need to know. My supervising editor sat down with me on Wednesday and discussed some of the things I should look for when writing. He also weighed in with his own experiences of being a young journalist. He said it’s always difficult when you start at a new publication because you have to learn their style and the content they cover.

This certainly applies to me since I knew next to nothing about the UK non-profit sector when I started here. I know the basics now. One important thing I’ve realized is the strong relationship between the Third Sector and the UK Government. The government even has an influential department devoted to charities and the non-profit. The recent banking crisis put this sector in the headlines when Brown was pressured to devise a plan to alleviate financial losses to charities.

This introduction to the non-profit sector beefed up my resume for spring internships. I don’t want to give too much away at this point but I’m currently in talks to interview for The Glover Park Group. I know this public affairs firm from my work at the Career Center. They are one of the top companies in D.C. and they blend a variety of fascinating subjects: legislative affairs, advocacy, public relations, media and more. It will be great to intern within these fields in a company that is still young but already respected among its clients and power-players in Washington. This semester and this internship has given me the confidence to attack any job or internship with confidence, determination and best of all, enthusiasm.