May 6, 2015 Anna Wintour Editor in Chief U.S. Vogue 1 World Trade Ctr, Fl 25 New York, NY, 10007
4611 Courtney Lee Ct. Orlando, FL 32812 mhpirino@gmail.com (407) 615-9185 Twitter/Pinterest: @mhpirino Instagram: megan_pirino
Dear Ms. Wintour: As a girl I had always dreamed of working for Vogue and this is my chance. I understand all the difficulties of making such a popular magazine, and I would like to apply for an internship over this upcoming summer because I believe I can channel new ideas into your magazine. As a staffer and 2015-2016 Academics Editor of my high school yearbook, I have learned valuable skills in the field of journalism including the use of Adobe Photoshop, Bridge and InDesign. Over the course of the year, I performed interviews with fellow students, wrote body copy and shot numerous photos of various events. Working with other people throughout deadlines enabled me to learn how to work in a tight time frame and how to collaborate with others on a group project. My involvement in these areas will directly help me with the standards of your magazine. I know you probably have myriad people applying for internships, but I’m your best choice because I am diligent, hardworking and a perfectionist to the max. I realize that your magazine is designed to fit the perfect group of people, just as the yearbook I worked hard on all year was made with the student body in mind ergo qualifying me for this position I appreciate your consideration of my application for an internship, but I still hold the position that meeting me in person would allow us to connect better rather than through words on paper. Attached to this document is my resumé outlining my qualifications. Thank you again for your consideration, and I hope to hear back from you soon. Respectfully yours,
Megan Pirino Enclosed: resumé
OBJECTIVE: To gain experience in the field of journalism including skills in InDesign and Photoshop. EDUCATION: • Completed two years at William R. Boone High School • Graduation date- May 2017 • G. P. A.- 4.0 (unweighted), 4.8 (weighted)
4611 Courtney Lee Ct. Orlando, FL 32812 mhpirino@gmail.com (407) 615-9185 Twitter/Pinterest: @mhpirino Instagram: megan_pirino
EXPERIENCE: Legend Yearbook, William R. Boone High School • Aug. 2014 - May 2015. Staffer. Complete deadlines, conduct interviews, take photos, write copy and design spreads. RELEVANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES: Journalism I and II honors, English I and II Honors HONORS, AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS: Soccer team member, 2006- present, I started playing soccer at age 7 and continue to play in high school, one year on junior varsity and one year on varsity so far and two years in middle school. I was given the 110% award. I’ve also while playing soccer in middle and high school played for the South Orlando Soccer Club (SOSC) for eight years. Math Club member, 2013- present, this is a prestiges club that through membership can lead to application for Mu Alpha Theta, a math honor society. Baking Braves member, 2013-2014, this is a club where students bake to compete in competitions for the tastiest treats. Bakers also create desserts for sports teams and other clubs on campus. REFERENCES: • Renee Burke- yearbook advisor. (407) 443-8451 • Diego Herrera- club/assistant varsity soccer coach. (407) 259-8553 • Brooke Smith- varsity soccer coach. (321) 537-0353 • Emily Moss- church youth leader. (314) 315-0395
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Throughout my childhood I was always very interested in the field of journalism because my mother just happens to have a degree in it and works for Scholastic Book Fairs, so I was constantly surrounded by it. I never wanted to be one of those kids who followed in their parent’s footsteps I wanted to make my own trail. Similar to what Robert Frost emulates in his famous poem The Road Not Taken, “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” But as people say, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” and I couldn’t stay away from the enthralling vines of journalism. I enrolled in Journalism 1 my freshman year in high school mostly due to the fact that I didn’t find any interest in the remainder of the elective choices and I figured it would be an easy A. If only I had known how wrong I was. Throughout my educational career I had never approached anything that challenged me to such an extent. Journalism 1 definitely tested my parents. I had to frequently stay after school to work on my spreads and projects forcing me to hone my organizational and time management skills. I always knew Yearbook was a huge commitment because Mrs. Burke referred to it as a “varsity sport” but until I was in it, I was blind to the true workload and time constraints. Through the whole of this school year I learned that the production of a yearbook is extremely time consuming, draining time out of every aspect of my life. While juggling other activities, like school and club soccer, I was forced to quickly master the art of time management which in middle school was not a necessity. I learned this year also the lack of time we have to create, edit and ship out each deadline. Yearbook taught me how to better cooperate and communicate with partners to reach subordinate goals. Reality slapped me in the face when it was one week before school was scheduled to start and I had yet to sell the advertisement that I was assigned. This year I became well aware that selling advertisements is no easy task. I was turned down by multiple companies but luckily my orthodontist holds an annual ad in the book and was happy to renew it through me. It also didn’t hurt that my grandfather (a dentist) was more than pleased to buy one promoting his practice. Yearbook instilled in me the virtuous quality of dedication. If I was behind on a deadline, then my butt was in a rolly chair after school getting it done. These skills in the future will aid me in getting a job and give me advantages in my collegiate career. I was an asset to this staff and the 2015 Legend because I was dependable and powered through my work from start to finish, leaving additional time to help my peers in the event that they were behind or struggling. My commitment to the publication extended farther than imagined. I often stayed after school for photo days, beats and deadlines. Not to mention I volunteered my time to put towards events such as helping to live stream the student faculty basketball game. Although Yearbook led me through unforeseen adversities, I would make the decision to join again, any day because in the end they only made me stronger.
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I chose to use my Weird Obsessions spread as my most significant piece of work because it demonstrates my high level of writing skills in the three featured stories we had the pages. It also for me just the spread that took the most time to create because we had to conduct three in depth interviews, one of which had to be done at the student’s house so we could get pictures of her odd collection of forks from other’s houses. Creating this spread was moderate on a scale on a difficulty scale of easy to hard because I had a partner to lessen the workload and we didn’t have to include any captions because the three short stories were the “captions”. When Albany and I started this spread we had the picture of sophomore Paulo Sevick at the top of the right side of the spread and the mod of the daily meals he eats at school in the center of the right side of the spread. But by the end of the editing process we had realized that the mod of his food couldn’t go in the middle because it was trapped, so to fix this we switched it with the photo of Paulo doing a pull up. After these adjustments, the spread featured Paulo’s photo at the top and the mod in the middle of the right side of the spread. We ended up writing all three stories together over the weekend for this spread. To get the pictures for the food mod we had to ask Paulo to come in before school so we could photograph his meals he eats at school. Also to photograph him working out we had to have him stay after school for a few minutes in the weight room. But by far the most awkward situation I’ve ever been in was when we had to ask Paulo if he would take his shirt off so we could photograph him, because Mrs. Burke wanted us to photograph him shirtless. He declined saying, ”he didn’t feel comfortable taking it off.” But it gets more awkward because the next day I saw him at Target. Also the fork mod that I made from Haley Goldman’s collection was a pain because I had to COB out all of her forks and add and rotate them to identify the origin of each fork.
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Y30. Sports spread: one spread, SS pages 16-17. I want this girl’s lacrosse spread to represent me because it features many of my action photos and I’m extremely proud of them. Also, I made the “Lingo” mod in the bottom left hand corner and aided in the making of the “Meet the Player” mod in the bottom right corner. In addition I’m very proud of the overall finished product of this spread. Y15. Sports action photo, SS page 33. Caption: After dodging a blow from an opponent’s stick, sophomore Roxanne Zachar launches a pass. I want this girl’s lacrosse photo to represent me because it’s by far one of the best sports photo I’ve ever taken. I’m proud of how it displays several photo composition elements such as rule of thirds and framing. This photo is unlike many of my others that display similar angles of the player with her stick. I also managed to get the lacrosse ball in perfect focus along with the rest of the photo. I usually struggle a bit with the camera’s settings but this night I mastered them creating perfect lighting in my photography. Y28. Student Life Spread: one spread, pages 122-123. I want this spread to represent me because it’s my favorite spread I made this year due to the variety of secondary coverage elements. Though it only contains one of my personally shot photographs, it has a unique design and alternative coverage that is interesting to read.
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people, 212 deadline 1
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academics,46-47, deadline 2
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student life, 48-49, deadline 3
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ads, 332 deadline 4
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student life, 122-123, deadline 5
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spring supplement, 16-17, deadline 7
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spring supplement, 33, deadline 7
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wrap-up, girls lacrosse, April 4
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photo gallery, girls lacrosse, march 17
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wrap-up, girls lacrosse, march 5
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student life, evita, pg. 4-5
Caption: Junior Gabriela Mendoza- Martinez paints a VIP table.
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clubs, sophomore, class council pg. 402
Caption: Mastering her dance moves, sophomore Delaney McCabe practices for Braves Brawl.
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