What I learned about journalism during a year at Lookout Santa Cruz

Near the end of my college career, I was lucky enough to land an internship here at Lookout Santa Cruz. Now that my internship is coming to a close and I gear up for graduation, I wanted to look back and share what I learned over my year here at Lookout. My internship was incredibly interesting, productive, and quite frankly life-changing. As I learned basic skills in the newsroom, I learned to take my work more seriously and had the opportunity to do one of the things I love: write. Along the way, I interviewed staff members and learned more about journalism, their careers and their lives. Here are my top takeaways…. 1. Breaking into journalism takes persistence (and sometimes luck). I learned that many of my coworkers faced similar challenges when starting their journalism careers, and how persistence helped them find their place in the field. Kevin’s path to Lookout, for example, began almost by chance. He started working in journalism in high school, where he experienced a