Studying and Interning in Italy

It was my chance to shine.

And shine I did when I approached my boss and proposed projects I could do for the newsroom. I proposed four. I presented them all in under three minutes because I know he is very busy. He had something else to do immediately after my presentation, but as he was showing me out of his office he said: “I like those last two you talked about-do those.”

That is how I ended up picking up two projects for the station. But it is a good thing I did because otherwise, I would not have much to do outside of teaching English on the radio every day. My lessons have still seen improvement this week; I started basing my lessons off of popular songs. Since I am teaching live on the radio, I smartened up and starting using all of my resources. Now, we listen to a song in English, and I teach them some of the words in the song. That way, they hear it in the song and hopefully retain the vocabulary better.

I will train journalists on proper camera positioning in the field and be a social media manager. Thanks to my initiative, I am now busy all the time. More…