Stewart said that classroom learning comes to life through internships where, more importantly, contacts are made and students' marketability for future jobs increases. For finding out about internships, University students and alumni may visit the Career Center, located on the third floor of the Ferguson Center, Stewart explained. Thompson, a 25-year veteran of the newspaper business, advised students to consider what the employer is seeking. They are looking for good, cheap labor. Some employers get to see if you can handle the work, see what you can really do.
Some newspapers even hire their own interns.
The youth of recent graduates can be an asset in the internship market as well, Thompson explained. Newsrooms want to know what is going among the younger generations and the best way to do so is through a young reporter. A veteran like Thomson, Oakley hired only people who contributed and who had experience, during his 29 years' work on newspapers. If every student does as I say, you will walk out of here in four years with a job. Students may speak to an assigned faculty adviser to apply for college credit in internships and sign up using the Colleges' course number for them.