Communications Internship Handbook: What All COMMS Students Need to Know
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 120
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 120
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Introduction: What Is the Purpose of This Book?
Chapter 1: Getting Started: How Much Do You Know About Your Communications Major? 1
Chapter 2: Find the Right Fit: What Are Communications Internships and Where Can You Find Them? 9
Chapter 3: Social Media and Job Sites: Where Do You Search for Internships? 17
Chapter 4: Going For It: How Do You Get a Communications Internship? 25
Chapter 5: Balancing Act: How Do You Get a Communications Internship Despite Having to Work to Pay for School, Transportation and Other Financial Obligations? 37
Chapter 6: It's All About AI: How to Crush Your Virtual Job Interview 45
Chapter 7: Work It! You Have an Internship, Now Act Like a Professional 55
Chapter 8: Workplace Harassment: What Should You Do If You Experience Sexist, Racist or Ageist Behavior at Your Internship? 65
Chapter 9: A Graceful Exit: How Do You Say Goodbye, but Stay Connected? 79
Chapter 10: Perhaps the Best Advice You'll Ever Get: Find Out What the Professionals Have to Say 87
Chapter 11: Work Your Network: What Resources Are Out There to Help You on Your Internship and Career Journey? 99
Dr. Rochelle R. Daniel is a tenured instructor and academic program coordinator for public relations in the Department of Communications at Bowie State University. She teaches the Internship Seminar course and public relations courses. She holds a doctorate and master’s degree in management from the University of Maryland Global Campus, a bachelor’s degree in print journalism from Howard University as well as a certificate in Advanced Public Relations from George Washington University. Before her academic career, she worked for more than 20 years as a public relations and marketing professional. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), and faculty adviser for the Bowie State University student chapter.
Dr. Karima A. Haynes is Director of the Campus Consortium Reporting Fellows Program at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in Washington, D.C. She is a 2019 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard and a former tenured assistant professor of journalism at Bowie State University. Before making her transition into journalism education, she was a former staff writer of the Los Angeles Times, Ebony and The Providence Journal-Bulletin. In addition, her work has been published in The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and Jet. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Bowie State University, a master’s in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Clark Atlanta University.