Words and Light

Today, five other interns and I began our summer gigs at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Copy-editing intern and fellow Mizzou alum Bill Powell gets his mugshot taken in the AJC's photo studio.

We had a bit of a rough start (read this and this), but despite that, I think our first day went pretty well. Everyone was nice and friendly, and it definitely sounds like we’ll be treated like regular staff. Tomorrow, I’ll tag along with another photographer and finish up some other training.

Copy-editing intern and fellow Mizzou alum Bill Powell gets his mugshot taken in the AJC's photo studio.

Also tomorrow, there’s some social media training. I’m sure I’ll learn much more about what and when I can’t/shouldn’t blog or tweet. The newspaper is pretty social media-savvy — its web site has a long page with links to its various Twitter and Facebook accounts — and it sounds like I can blog or tweet fairly freely as long as I don’t reveal proprietary company information or post political/partisan materials.

But we’ll see. In the meantime, I’ll play it safe and stop here.