Besides meeting Pulitizer Prize-winning columnist Clarence Page, our own Elizabeth Davis is flexing her wings this summer as an online journalist for the Indianapolis Star, thanks to a Dow Jones internship she won last fall. The experience, beginning with a multimedia project at a special online boot camp, has been an eye-opener, Elizabeth reports."As an online intern for the Indianpolis Star, I’ve realized the versatility it takes to be a stand-out journalist in the age of new media journalism.
"I’ve spend five weeks so far watching the back end of the Web site, keeping breaking news updated and writing a couple of news briefs every day. After developing some cabin fever from sitting in the air-conditioned office, I took the initiative and found a fresh angle to build on a breaking news piece I was covering. As a result, my first story printed in the paper was an A1 centerpiece about scalpers selling on eBay what were supposed to be free tickets for the public to tour the new NFL stadium and site of the 2012 Superbowl. The story became the most read and commented story of the week on our Web site and included a continuously updated Web story, a printed package and a video I produced with a coworker.
"After cutting my teeth on the ticket story and showing my editors what I can do, I’ve been offered a 12-day field assignment blogging at the Indiana State Fair. I will be a fully loaded “MoJo” with a laptop, camera, video cam and audio recorder, capturing whatever stories I find unique or inspiring and filing from the field. As a West-coast vegan at a Midwest state fair, I like to think of this as my venture into foreign correspondence."
"I’ve spend five weeks so far watching the back end of the Web site, keeping breaking news updated and writing a couple of news briefs every day. After developing some cabin fever from sitting in the air-conditioned office, I took the initiative and found a fresh angle to build on a breaking news piece I was covering. As a result, my first story printed in the paper was an A1 centerpiece about scalpers selling on eBay what were supposed to be free tickets for the public to tour the new NFL stadium and site of the 2012 Superbowl. The story became the most read and commented story of the week on our Web site and included a continuously updated Web story, a printed package and a video I produced with a coworker.
"After cutting my teeth on the ticket story and showing my editors what I can do, I’ve been offered a 12-day field assignment blogging at the Indiana State Fair. I will be a fully loaded “MoJo” with a laptop, camera, video cam and audio recorder, capturing whatever stories I find unique or inspiring and filing from the field. As a West-coast vegan at a Midwest state fair, I like to think of this as my venture into foreign correspondence."
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