So, the internship at the magazine has finished. Tell you what, I'm looking forward to a little free time during the week! One of the hardest things to adjust to was the workload. That seems pretty obvious. But at uni, school and everything, you'll have a handful of assignments scattered throughout a semester, and there will be a build up, then you'll get a break. But in the newsroom, every day is a new project, and you rarely get time to stop, think and catch your breath. A lot of the time I felt like I was on autopilot, but even in that state, I'm astounded at the amount of work that I was able to do. I can now say that I've been published online - and that's pretty important in today's media. One of the things I loved learning was how the designers work. There's some really interesting dynamics between the different groups - while everyone is united under the "designer" branch, there is so much variation. Some designers are like scientists and mathematicians, others closer to sculptors. I guess most sit somewhere in the middle. The great thing about working with them was that they were all so keen to get their work up on the website - which is so different to what I'm used to! Usually I'd have to scrape together a story working under the title of "student journalist". As soon as you've got a publication behind you, people (especially people with their own interests at heart) start to throw themselves at you. There was one time when there was a problem with one of the images on the website. Basically, it wasn't high enough res to meet our standards. So I had to call the woman and ask her to resend it through at a higher resolution - and she apologised to me, rather than me having to defend my lack of skills as a student. All in all, a good time. Not sure that I would do it again without pay, though. I've gained a good education, but it took so much time and energy. Really left me feeling used.