One month to go

Week twelve! It is hard to believe that this week marked my third month at PublicSource, leaving me one month left in my internship. Time has truly flown by, but I am glad to be wrapping up some final stories as well.

This Tuesday I worked on the partner story on the rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia since October seventh. I had an interview with Pitt's Muslim Student Association president to get further perspective on the topic and spent the majority of my day putting together a first draft, compiling previous interviews and statements. I also staged a first-person story submitted to us on "lazy environmentalism," which was about simple things everyone can do for a better environment. I finally had my weekly meeting with my reporter mentor after not being able to meet for a week due to the general elections, where we talked about further sources for the partner story.

On Thursday, I wrapped up the first draft of Israel-Hamas war impact on Pittsburgh story. I had a few more student interviews which has given me much more practice with sensitive topics and subjects in interviews. I also had one final interview for the family court story, and this was a more general background information on struggles in the system with a mother. Again, it was a very heavy interview, and I felt really bad that a lot of her story was not going to make it into the final piece, but I was very grateful for the experience.