Tribune intern signs off

As his final assignment, the Tribune's summer intern, Kory Newlin, wrote a little reflective piece about his time here. Newlin assured us that his glowing review of his internship was not a last-ditch attempt to suck up. Either way, we at the Trib wish Kory success in his future endeavors.

My Time at The Powell Tribune
By Kory Newlin

I'm afraid that the time has come for me to leave the Powell Tribune. No, I wasn't fired, nor am I quitting because I hate my job. Both of those things couldn't be farther from the truth. The reason I am leaving is because my internship has ended and I'm starting college very soon. I am very torn about this. I want to go to school and see some old friends I haven't seen all summer. But, I am not going to have time to work here during the school year. I'm leaving the best job I ever had with some of the nicest people I ever worked with.

I started out this summer unemployed, and that was very rough for me. Then, with a little help from the Wyoming Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, I finally got an internship here at the Tribune, and I have loved every minute of it.

I did many things here: I wrote features, took pictures, and stuffed envelopes. All of these things have kept me busy and fulfilled. I never did anything here I hated, I was never bored out of my mind, and no one treated me badly or looked down on me just because I was an intern. They all made me feel welcome, and I am so grateful to all of them. It was like I have been working there for years. I might have been here for only six weeks, but these six weeks rocked. I don't remember having a better job.

I may have been a journalism major, but I've never taken a single photography class. The one thing I learned here was how to use a camera and take pictures. Some of the pictures I took didn't turn out bad. My favorite picture was when I shot the Johnny Lee concert during the Park County Fair. The reason it was my favorite was because was because of two things. One, the background looked cool, and it was a good shot of Johnny, and two, it was one of my first performance photos, and it was a celebrity. Some people might be totally nervous because of that, but I was excited and had a lot of fun.

The stuff I wish I did better, and these are actually things I am starting to do better, is the editing process. I am such a novice about that, and I try to improve as much as I can. I want to do better in writing stories and not have a bunch of mistakes in them. When I do fix the mistakes, I wish I would be quicker in getting them fixed. It sometimes takes me forever to look it over, and I am thinking maybe I could get it fixed sooner. I am learning more every day, but I wish I had this process down solid.

My most favorite story had to be the one I did recently about a local band called These Fallen Walls. We did the interview at the park, and they treated me like an old friend. I'm actually hoping to catch one of their shows someday. I loved it because I am a music junkie and am always interested in many types of music, new or old, and this was a very in-depth interview. It was also the biggest story I ever did. I also loved writing things about performers at the Park County Fair and taking pictures during that time too. Another thing I loved during that time was when we had a competition on who would eat the most fair food. I didn't win, but I had fun stuffing my face with all that tasty, yet unhealthy, food.

I would really like to thank Toby Bonner for giving me this job, Yancy, Tessa, and Ilene, for helping me with articles when I needed it, Don for telling me interesting stories, C.J. for making making me laugh, and Beth for giving me stuff to do when I didn't have anything to do that day. Everyone else at the Tribune, along with these other seven, thank you so much for being there for me and being great work colleagues and friends. I will miss every single one of you. I would also like to thank the readers who have enjoyed my articles. As you can tell, I have a lot of thanks for everyone.

To conclude everything; I love it here, it was the best job ever, and I will always be grateful.