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Allen: I am interning with 6ABC on City Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"a966\"><strong>G: What is your role at your internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"02f0\">Allen: It\u2019s a paid internship in the newsroom. So they kind of want you to go the route you are most interested in. So if you\u2019re a reporter they let you go out with reporters in the field all day or if you want to be a producer they let you hang around the producers and executive producers. They\u2019ll throw you in wherever you\u2019re internested in the most. So it\u2019s really a self-motivated environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"2795\">I personally am interested in the producing and directing area so I work with all of the producers and write for the show. I\u2019ve had ten stories now go up on air. My first story was about the government running out of funding to combat Zika. I did a few stories on the 15th anniversary of 9\/11 and a memorial park that was opening up. I did another story about the massive sinkhole that is in Florida right now, where about 215 million gallons of water is pouring out into this 45 foot hole and contaminating water in local communities. I also did a story about a shooting in Trenton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"6d83\"><strong>G: How did you get your internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"281b\">Allen: This all started four years ago when I was a junior in high school. I had visited ABC and NBC through my high school teacher \u2014 he arranged a day visit for us to see what\u2019s going on in the real world. I was smart about networking and I kept in contact with them throughout the last few years. Last year, our station CHC TV created this huge broadcast for a competition that we entered and I said \u201cWell we don\u2019t have a teacher here so how can I get good feedback?\u201d So I sent it to my contacts at ABC. They reviewed the show and they gave me some feedback and they also said, you know, \u201cThis is really impressive, we would like you to apply for our internship.\u201d And that was back in April. They called me back a few weeks later and told me that they were interested in an interview. So I went through the interview and waited another week and then they said \u201cWelcome to Action News.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"747a\"><strong>G: What has been the biggest challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"1a84\">Allen: When you first get in there, the biggest challenge for me was figuring out how to get over the anxiety of realizing that you\u2019re writing a story for this big show. Because I\u2019m writing this story and I\u2019m thinking, \u201cThis guy is going to read this and this is going on air.\u201d You have to get over that and actually write the story. And that was probably the hardest part at first. And then, just taking the criticism from them and being able to learn from it was another thing. You have to realize that these guys know what they\u2019re doing. You need to know which line you can cross and which ones you can\u2019t. So like, when a director is talking about a story or a producer is writing a story, and she is struggling to come up with a line, I have to know whether or not it\u2019s an OK time to intervene and say something. I think my biggest struggle was on Sunday with the 9\/11 story. It is such a sensitive topic even though it has been 15 years. I didn\u2019t want to write the wrong thing and be insensitive or create a bias by chance or anything like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"4235\"><strong>G: What has been the most fun experience at your internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"4d8f\">Allen: The most fun is actually joking around with Rick Williams who is one of the anchors there. When I met him four years ago, he was such a personable guy. He got pizza with us \u2014 ate in his shirt and tie \u2014 and talked to us about the industry. And then, when I came in, I introduced myself to him because, you know, it had been four years and he probably didn\u2019t remember me, and he said, \u201cYou look familiar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"c6de\">I was like \u201cI was the kid you ate pizza with four years ago when we came from PW [Plymouth Whitemarsh].\u201d And we\u2019ve just been having this ongoing joke about pizza. The whole welcoming environment that they promote is so nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"17cb\"><strong>G: What advice would you give to other students looking for internships?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"e837\">Allen: Do whatever you can to stand out the most. 6ABC has been the number one show for the last 30 years in the fourth largest market in the United States. It is the hardest internship you can probably get in this field and so, in my head, before I even began applying for this internship, I had this idea of \u201cHow can i make myself stand out.\u201d Especially in communications because it is such a competitive field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"3a33\">Ask yourself, \u201cWhat can you do to stand out and be better than the next guy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"1b8f\">I went to CHC to build a studio versus going somewhere else to get an education. And just constantly network. Because if I didnt network and if I didn\u2019t have that opportunity in high school I wouldn\u2019t have the internship right now. Don\u2019t freak out about the interview either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"4adb\"><strong>G: Where do you plan on going after your internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"f186\">Allen: I told ABC this in my interview because they basically asked the same question. 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