I'm pleased to announce that I have accepted an internship with The Columbus Dispatch starting in mid-July. I've been on pins and needles the past few weeks wondering where the next chapter of my career was going to take me. The Dispatch was far and above my first choice and I'm fortunate to have been offered the opportunity to work with a such talented group of people. Seriously, check out their 2008 Pictures of the Year.
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I'm having some trouble trying to describe how huge this is for me. I've worked so hard over the last nine months trying to improve that I don't think that it has quite hit me.
Quite honestly I owe much of this opportunity to photo editor Kevin Martin at The Baton Rouge Advocate. I just missed out on landing an internship there for this current winter/spring and Kevin called me last fall to let me know that he appreciated my work and that although I didn't make the cut that I should continue to work hard because I was close to being what they were looking for. This past month, after reconnecting with Kevin, he made a phone call to Columbus (unbeknown to me at the time) on my behalf. Keep in mind that I have never even met Kevin. My work still had to stand for itself but this got the ball rolling and after a month of going through the process I landed the internship today.
It just goes to show that, as he mentioned in an email to me today, "in this profession you are always auditioning, because someone is always watching." It's people like Kevin who remind me that I'm lucky to work in an industry that is open and willing to help others succeed.
Today was a good day...if you forget my lackluster performance on the golf course this afternoon. Two greens-in-regulation for a 3.0 handicap is embarrassing. Good thing I'm off Wednesday because I obviously need to practice.
-JCE
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