Internship of a Lifetime

EXCERPT: I’ve interned at two publications, done summer work at a local TV news station and been a member of my college newspaper, the Daily Collegian, for two-and-a-half years. I’ve written profiles, hard news stories, features, taken photos and covered municipal meetings of every shape and size. I’ve been a copy editor, reporter, photographer, columnist and, yes, I’ve even brought coffee to one of my superiors. But this summer I can add a new position to my resume – foreign international news reporter.

This summer, I’ll be spending two months in Beijing, China interning with the China Daily newspaper, an English language publication...