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Learning Contract

GENERAL INFORMATION:

 

Name: Danielle Gariglio

Internship hours: 8hrs/week

Internship Supervisor: Shane Donaldson

Internship placement: Sports Media and News Communication for URI Athletics

Internship Job Title: Staff Reporter/Worker for GoRhody.com/URI Athletics

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES:

 

*Objective 1: To become a more skilled, confident, and articulate sports reporter and feature storywriter*

 

Activities/Rescources:

  • Read through old sports features and game recaps written by GoRhody.com staff members

  • Look at sports features written by ESPN, Sports Illustrated, etc.

  • Discuss ways to improve my writing skills with my internship advisor. Have him edit my pieces and discuss the changes being made.

Evidence:

  • Include in my portfolio several feature stories that I have written for GoRhody.com

 

*Objective 2: To familiarize myself with, and become more confident with editing and creating videos from game film, to interview clips.*

 

Activities/Rescources:

  • Look at past videos made by former interns, or look up promotional videos that have been made for URI men’s basketball teams.

  • Practice my editing skills and become familiar with the necessary software to create efficient, professional promo videos

  • Ask my internship advisor for help if I ever have questions

Evidence:

  • Include in my portfolio a promotional video that I will make for one of the URI sports teams.

 

 

 

 

 

INTERNSHIP DETAILS:

 

Duties include: Researching stats about URI football team’s upcoming appointment for the next Saturday. The stats are then created into tweets that are tweeted out by my internship advisor prior to the start of the Saturday games. Film men and women’s soccer games. Update scoreboard for live video feeds for URI volleyball team. Write a weekly or biweekly story that is published on GoRhody.com.

Internship Evaluation Methods: Recap weekly on how my work went last week, how we can fix/edit my stories to create more professional and accurate reports.

Along with completion of University evaluation forms.

Work schedule:

Office Hours on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Tuesdays: 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Fridays: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.

As well as work two sporting events per week, approximately 2 hours each (at least)

 

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