581 Hi Everyone,<p><p> I'm about to start accepting interns for the first time in my career, but before I do, I was hoping to get some insight from the lightstalkers community, specifically from members who have completed internships with working photojournalists. <p><p> An old thread (which has since been deleted, I think) outlined some of the financial aspects of an internship, but what are the positive aspects? What about your experiences was helpful? What did you expect from the internship that came to fruition?<p><p> I've catalogued the following list of skill sets acquired during my three unpaid apprenticeships in Australia back in the nineties: <p><p> - Conceptualizing stories and pitching them to magazines and papers;<p> - Editing the stories;<p> - Processing and printing;<p> - Deciphering the weaknesses and strengths in my mentors' photography by looking at mountains of their contacts;<p> - Finding and entertaining clients;<p> - Networking;<p> - Caption writing;<p> - Navigating ethics and philosophy.<p> <p> But that's me. I'd appreciate it if any of you former interns might add to the list.<p><p> All Bests,<p> Ash 12 2009-02-18T20:34:47Z 0 2009-02-18T20:35:55Z true 26608 false 34707 2009-02-20T18:10:21Z New York City true 2009-08-18T00:00:00Z false what-constitutes-a-good-internship 1 2009-04-02T18:31:11Z 1425