Directory of internships taken by Communication Media students

at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

Examples of internships taken in television media

CNN, Washington, D.C.

WLYH, TV 15, Lebanon

KTW, TV 3, Philadelphia

WPVI, TV 6, Philadelphia

WICU, TV 12, New Jersey

WGAL, TV 8, Lancaster

WTAJ, TV 10, Altoona

WPMT, Fox 43, York

NBC News with Tom Brokaw, New York, NY

NBC, Rockfeller Plaza, New York, NY

WPMT, Fox 93, York

WHTM, ABC 27, Harrisburg

Mile High Skydivers Center, Longmont, Colorado, video editing

WNEP, TV 16, Mosic

WHEC-TV, Rochester, New York

WFMZ TV 69, Allentown, Pennsylvania

KABC TV, Channel 7, Glendale, California

Real solutions for visual projects, Broomall, Pa., video editing

NFL Films, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, production

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, New York City

Comcast SportsNet, Bethesda, M.S.

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Examples of internships taken in radio media

WXTU, FM, Philadelphia

WPLV, FM, Media

WBPZ, AM, Lock Haven

WSNU, FM, Lock Haven

WJSM, FM, Martinsburg, Pennsylvania

WAEB, FM, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Savor Radio Group, Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Rite-off Records and One Louder Management, New York

Clear Channel Communication, Williamsport, Pennsylvania

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Examples of internships taken in public relations

Public Relations, Trenton Thunder Baseball, Trenton, New Jersey

Public Relations, Hershey Foods

Public Relations, Altoona Curve Baseball, Altoona, Pennsylvania

Public Relations, Philadelphia Flyers

Public Relations, North Central Pennsylvania Branch Multiple Sclerosis Society

Public Relations Office, Arrow International, New York, NY

Public Relations, Clinton County Tourist Promotions Agency, Lock Haven

Public Relations, The American Red Cross, Rochester, NY

Public Relations, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Harrisburg

Public Relations, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, Williamsport

Public Relations, The United Way, Clearfield

Public Relations, Clinton County Chamber of Commerce

Public Relations, Pennsylvania State Senator J. Doyle Corman's Office

Public Relations, Green Seal, Washington, D.C.

Public Relations, CCNB Bank, Harrisburg

Public Relations, Industrial Development Corporation, Clinton County

Public Relations, Pennsylvania North Central Highway Safety Network, Williamsport

Public Relations, Pennsylvania Highway Development Safety Program, Reading

Public Relations, Executive Department of General Services, Harrisburg

Public Relations, North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission

Public Relations, Susquehanna Health Care Systems, Williamsport

Public Relations, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Harrisburg

Public Relations, Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge

Public Relations, Keystone Central School District, Lock Haven

Public Relations, Club Met, Inc., Harrisburg

Public Relations, Dehli Group, New York, Division III national basketball championships

Public Relations, Corning, Inc., Corning, New York

Public Relations, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

Public Relations, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Symphony Orchestra

Public Relations, The Royal Nepalese Embassy, Washington, D.C.

Public Relations, Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, Pennsylvania

Public Relatins, Hemlock Girl Scout Council, Montoursville, Pennsylvania

Public Relations, Italian School of Teaching, Milano, Italy

Sports Public Relations, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Public Relations, Human Rights Campaign, Washington, D.C.

Public Relations, Habijax, (Habitat for Humanity), Jacksonville, Florida

Public Relations, Center Community Hospital, State College, Pennsylvania

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Examples of internships taken in advertising

Advertising, TV, Cable One, Williamsport

Advertising, print, Lock Haven Express

Advertising, print and broadcast, CCNB Bank, Harrisburg

Advertising, broadcast and computer, Newsbytes, Mahaffey

Advertising, print and broadcast, NAC, Inc., State College

Advertising, Welteroth and Wagoner Advertising Agency, Williamsport

Advertising, print and broadcast, Crown America, Inc., Muncy

Advertising, print, Hanimex House, London, England

Adverttising, Earle Plamer & Brown, Philadelphia

Advertising, Ambramson, Ehrlic, and Manes, Washington, D.C.

Advertising, RROW, Raleigh, N.C.

Advertising, Performance Senior Living Management, Muncy, Pennsylvania

Advertising, Z Promotions, Raleigh, North Carolina

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Examples of internships in newspapers and magazines

Sports Reporting, Bradford Era, Bradford, Pennsylvania

Reporting and editing, Armidale Express, Armidale, Australia

Reporting and editing, The New England Times, Armidale Australia

Reporting, East Penn Publishing Co., Allentown

Magazine writing, J.G. Press, Emmaus

Magazine writing, Family Publications, Fleming, NJ

Reporting and editing, The Record, Renovo

Reporting and editing, The Progress, Clearfield

Reporting, Lock Haven Express

Reporting, Williamsport Sun Gazette

Reporting, the Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Reporting, The New Age Examiner, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania

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Benefits of internships

Almost without exception, employers state over and over again that one of the most valuable experiences a job applicant can cite is an internship. Indeed, it is a good idea to attempt to obtain an internship at a location where you hope to work. Some companies, you may be surprised to learn, will hire only persons who first do an internship. Many graduates of the LHU journalism and mass communications program secured their first job because the employer where they took their internship hired them upon completion of all degree requirements.

Supervision of communication media interns

To receive journalism [JOUR] or mass communication [MCOM] credit for an internship, students must be supervised by one of three instructors: Professors in the journalism and mass communication discipline. There are no, repeat no, exceptions. The application process can begin with any journalism instructor, but, since your grade is given by your faculty supervisor, after you obtain a blank internship application form and are assigned a supervisor by the department chairperson, all questions about the process should be directed to the supervisor, not to your adviser and not to the department chair.

Credit hours for communication media internships

You can take as many as 15 hours of internship credit, but only six of them can be counted towards the journalism major. You also may take more than one internship, but three is probably the upper limit.Use the prefix GNED 369 for general education internship electives, JOUR 369 for journalism internship credits, and MCOM for Mass Communication internship credits.

Two Immutable Minimum Requirements for Communication Media internships

The two absolutely unchangeable requirements for an internship at this university are a minimum overall grade point average of 2.50 (2.49 is not close enough) and completion of 60 semester hours. Students must hold an overall 2.50 GPA at the time the internship form is signed and must have completed 60 semester hours before the internship begins. If you have a GPA close enough to a 2.50 that you feel you can bring it up to a 2.50 after the current semester, then you must waith until your grades for this semester are calculated into your GPA before you can apply for an internship. Be warned that the new computer system allows your adviser, department chairs, deans, and the provost instant access to your GPA. One of these three offices in point of fact will stop your application if your GPA is not at present at least a 2.50. You do not need to wait until you have completed 60 semester hours, however, before you begin to process your internship application. As long as you are registered at present for enough hours to bring you up to 60 hours before the internship begins, you may file an internship application.

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Practicum for students whose GPA is lower than 2.5

A practicum differs from an internship in one very important way. Since students do not need to have a 2.5 to take a practicum, faculty supervision is more intensive. Students with a 2.5 or higher GPA have demonstrated an ability to work independently, so faculty supervision, while regular and significant, is not intensive.

There are three qualifications students must meet to take a communication media practicum.

• Pass JOUR 150 News Writing,

• Complete at least 32 semester hours of credit, and

• Receive permission of the journalism and mass communication faculty.

For each semester hour of practicum credit taken, students spend a minimum of 40 hours at the site of their field experience. In addition, they spend at least three clock hours in direct contact with the faculty supervisor. If, for example, you were to work ten hours a week at a television station for 12 weeks during the summer vacation, you could earn 3 semester hours of practicum credit. During this time you would spend nine hours in direct contact with your faculty supervisor who would review your work on a regular basis in an attempt to help you achieve a professional level of competence.

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After completing a practicum, students will be proficient in the following skills:

Writing and editing for the mass media;

Work proficiencies--such as meeting absolute and extremely short deadlines--appropriate for survival in a journalistic environment;

Interpersonal strategies that would enable the completion of successful group projects;

Interviewing techniques helpful in eliciting essential information for a piece of writing or telecommunication;

News gathering methods and procedures equivalent to those used by journalists beginning employment in an entry level position;

An understanding of theoretical and ethical issues relevant to a position in the mass communication industry; and

Grasping the essential nature of the mass media institution that is the site of the practicum.

These are the kinds of activities journalism and mass communication students would participate in during a practicum.

Students would submit for grading by the supervising faculty member three assignments for each semester hour of credit taken. These assignments would be graded by the instructor and returned quickly to the students in an effort to improve the quality of the practicum experience.

Work products from the practicum, such as written documents, audio or video tapes, and descriptions of activities would be submitted and graded by the instructor during the practicum.

A daily journal of work experiences would be kept and submitted weekly to the faculty supervisor, who will evaluate and return it after grading it for significance and appropriateness.

Students will interview persons inside and outside the field experience site for completion of practicum projects.

Students will gather information from within and without the field experience site for completion of practicum projects.

Students will engage the field supervisor and the faculty instructor in oral discussions of the theoretical and ethical issues relevant to the performance of duties at the site of the field experience.

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