Internship Blog 1

Last week I started my internship at Holy Spirit Hospital-A Geisinger Affiliate in the Marketing and Public Relations department. My bosses threw me right into the action. On the very first day I wrote several news releases and I've written numerous more throughout these past weeks. I've also been included in on working with their advertising. I called several publications offices looking to place ads for the hospital's OB-GYN services for women in the area. I also traveled to ABC27 News with my boss and some of the hospital's spokespeople. There, they were interviewed on Good Day PA for the Spring Festival that the hospital runs every year. In addition to working with ABC27, Holy Spirit has also been filming segments with CBS. CBS News runs a weekly segment called Doc Talk. Each episode includes an interview with a doctor who is a specialist on the topic being discussed. Last week we worked on a segment with one of our pediatric surgeons on summer time injuries- What's normal and what's to be expected in the summer. I've also been involved in event planning. Today was the annual Business Women's Forum, held at Messiah College. I was able to help set up for the event and meet a few heads of local Chambers of Commerce. The event is a great opportunity to network and learn more about local corporations, plus provides women a fun day out of the office. So far, this internship has been an amazing experience and I'm getting the opportunity to do some networking of my own. I look forward to seeing what the rest of this internship has in store.