Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

2007-2008
Internship Survey

Students, your feedback on your internship experience is important to us. Please complete the following survey and share as much information as possible. Please be direct and honest so that we can evaluate the internship effectively, guide students to the jobs that will provide the best training and work with employers to improve the experience for other students. We will not share these surveys with employers/your supervisors and no identifying information about your experience will be revealed. Thank you for your time and participation.

Personal Information

Prefix

First Name

Last Name

Your UNI (UNI only, NOT the complete email address)

Degree Information

Degree

Student Status

Concentration

Were you an international division student?

If yes, from where?

MS only: RW1 professor (MA use "N/A")

MS only: What was your workshop? (MA use "N/A")

Internships

At what type of news organization did you intern (newspaper, magazine, television, radio, other)?

During which semester did you intern?

Was it paid or unpaid?

Credit status

I did the internship for credit.

I did not do the internship for credit.

The employer required I do it for credit.

The employer required I be "credit eligible"--ie enrolled in school.

The employer didn't care about my student status.

What division/show/unit did you intern with?

What is the name and email of the person who directly supervised your internship?

Tell us about the quality of the work and supervision you received at the internship. Please check all responses that apply to your experience.

How many hours a week did you spend at the internship? Please also indicate if you kept to a regular schedule or if your participation was more intermittent.

The internship complemented what I was learning in class at the Journalism School.

Doing an internship was well worth the time it required.

I was able to easily handle both my school work and internship responsibilities.

I feel my job prospects are greater because of what I learned in this internship.

I feel my job prospects are greater because of the contacts I made at this internship.

I feel it's likely the internship will lead directly to future employment with this news organization.

Why did you choose to do an internship and why did you choose this particular one?

Did you learn specific skills in the internship? Please describe.

Please evaluate the value of your internship, and tell us its strengths and weaknesses.

Would you recommend this internship to other students? If so, why? If not, why not?

What could be done to improve this internship experience for other students?

Additional comments about internships

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2007-2008 Internship Survey

2007-2008
Internship Survey