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Tuesday Sep 01, 2009

Seyi's placement

Seyi has been working hard on the editorial team for the past two weeks doing lots of research and writing some great articles. Here's what he's been up to:

Maybe this placement has distorted my perception of time. Or, more realistically, I reckon I've just had a good time, because my two weeks of work experience has felt like five minutes. I've been given the opportunity to immerse myself in all things journalistic! I unexpectedly got asked to sit in on an editorial meeting, which was a good insight into how TheSite.org staff develop the website and what level of thinking goes into keeping the website at its best.

I gave some article writing a go. I wrote the first one on my experience of drastically changing schools and another on my experience with a stammer. The first one (soon to be up on the shiny new Lifetracks true stories section!) was a fairly straightforward process as it was simple events entwined with a bit of rambling. The latter took longer, as there was a lot of material that sprung to mind that I could have put into the article. However, I doubt any visitor here is looking to read the next War and Peace, so some cutting down was definitely in order.

Fortunately, unlike some of my more unfortunate friends, who've had utterly dull work experience placements, I haven't actually had to make a single cup of coffee for anyone (fortunately for the staff!). The placement has been a fantastic insight into the world of journalism. Everybody here has been so friendly, and happy to put up with me whenever things didn't go quite to plan. I've discovered what goes on in the job besides writing articles, and most of all I've had a wonderful time!

 

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