Every summer
there has been some new experience that I gained over these years and this
summer after some fuzzy decisions, I landed at the thought of interning with
The New Indian Express. Having faced rejections at few other newspapers for the
internship, I really thank the Express publications for the faith they had in
me. Though commuting from T.Nagar to Ambattur (to their office) was a tiresome
one, I ended up losing some pounds by the end of one month!
With my ‘off’s
only on Saturdays, I was made to work in the feature section of the City
supplement, ‘City Express’. The very first Thursday, I was given a reporting
assignment! Whew! It was such a great experience. From then I was regularly
sent to cover events, take interviews and also got to review a play. Besides
these, I was taught the necessary stuffs to know in the software Adobe In
Design for subbing and making a page apart from making me write my own feature
story and to clean few copies. The grammar and the design lessons that got
etched in my mind pops up every time I put my pen on paper to write an article.
At later stages,
I developed a strong bond with the employees; got to know their style of work
and above everything- WORKING UNDER DEADLINES! By the end of my internship I
received eight bylines! I still feel overwhelmed looking at the bylines I
received, that made this summer of mine “The Summer of bylines”
