I have mentioned that I am currently serving one of the great internships that still remain in the newspaper industry these days. For 12-weeks, I am getting $500 every Friday to cover the largest full-time State Legislature in the country in the Capitol of Harrisburg, Pa. When I am done at the end of August, [...]

Well, I’ve made the move from Philadelphia to Harrisburg. That has been rough, but I can’t get Internet access yet in my new digs, so bear with these technical difficulties and a light posting week. Tomorrow I start my new job covering the statehouse with the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents’ Association – so [...]

Update: Read a review of my PLCA internship experience here. IT WAS EARLY MARCH that I applied for a summer internship covering the Harrisburg, Pa. statehouse for a handful of urban dailies. The internship is with the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents’ Association*, the oldest continuously operating journalism society in the country. Well, after an interview in [...]

Well, I am taking another swing at this whole ‘getting a job’ upon graduating in May. Today, I am submitting my name for an internship in capital city Harrisburg, Pa., with the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents Association, associated with the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, the group that awarded me, among others, a Keystone Press Award earlier this [...]