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Placement Experience
Nerve Magazine caught up with BU student Ellie Moore to hear about her experience at her placement with Sky News. My Summer Placement Experience My Summer Placement Experience
Written by Ellie Moore Designed by Katerina O’Shaughnessy
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A week in the Sky News newsroom means every day is different. In July I was fortunate to spend a week at Sky Studios in Osterley, working alongside some of the most talented producers, editors and presenters in the news business. Once I’d overcome the initial shock of a 4:30am start and the two trains it took to get me there for the day-shift, it wasn’t long before I felt part of the team. For such a huge organisation, Sky is no stranger to accommodating work experience and everyone I met, no matter how busy, made a point of introducing themselves, getting to know me a little and talking me through the role they play.
From daytime to the late team, from planning to the gallery, I felt very fortunate to get a glimpse into the inner workings of a UK news giant. On Wednesday, I spent the day at their studio at Millbank in Westminster. It was during the Conservative Leadership contest and tempers were running high across the political spectrum. I was sent with a reporter to the Conservative Campaign Head Quarters where demonstrators from ‘Our Future Our Choice’ dressed as Boris Johnson, left 2,000 rubber ducks to urge Mr Johnson to stop ‘ducking’ questions about Brexit. Not an everyday occurrence, obviously!
The social media team gave me full creative control over an article to be added to their Snapchat channel, and I chose to write about Cyber Flashing. My research into the issue then informed my idea for my final year project and I got to see my work posted on a platform with a reach of hundreds of thousands.
Something so encouraging about the newsroom was the age range of those working in it. I met both industry veterans and graduates during the week and it showed me there’s a place for everyone, and it’s somewhere that employees want to stay.
The skills and tips I picked up during those 5 days alone gave me heaps more confidence to tackle whatever my final year of Multimedia Journalism might throw at me.
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