<p>i am having so much trouble trying to decide which i should try out for, because i like it all!</p>
<p>so for those who know, which section is the "best"?
- design
- news
- graphics
- copy</p>
<p>and i am worried about it hurting my sleep, so i'd like to know how late the work goes for....</p>
<p>thanks in advance! =D</p>
<p>i was at the daily bruin open house too. doing photojournalism, remember you can cross intern or whatever you call it. pick something that you are going towards more and then stick with it and then you'll be able to learn other stuff too.</p>
<p>"cross train". </p>
<p>Design is made up of really cool, chill girls. Yeah, all girls. They sit around and design stuff on computers, using Indesign. (Design pride!! We're holding a bonfire for new interns next Saturday;))</p>
<p>News, ask namaste or dwm.</p>
<p>Graphics??? Part of the design department. You make graphics on request. I don't think you sign up for shifts; there doesn't seem to be as many graphics needed as there are illustrations. (I'm an illustrator; we either work with a shift, or can choose to be emailed a request.)</p>
<p>Which reminds me. There's at least one male illustrator I know of. But all the Design interns I've met are female. There are a ton, and they work with a tight shift, so they get to know each other decently well.</p>
<p>Copy practically stays the night. They write the headlines. They're really one of the more outgoing groups, and more tightly knit, since they stay til FOREVER. </p>
<p>Photo is the most social. They have TONS of Photo pride and they love to party. They are/were really loud at -30-. They seem tightly knit, too.</p>
<p>Sports is like, frat boys.</p>
<p>thanks you two!
how would i ask an editor a question? is there an email or something?</p>
<p>I'm sure you can just go up to the office.</p>
<p>I'd go for design if you had to choose. And after that just cross train.</p>
<p>Design all the way!</p>
<p>I'm actually designer for my 3rd year now at the Bruin, so I am of course biased. (And if you get a design internship you could be my shadow...which is really weird).</p>
<p>Right now it is all girls, as was mentioned, but everyone is really nice. Copy is evil because you have really late hours and if you aren't good at coming up with headlines then good luck to you. (Not that I don't love our copy department, they win).</p>
<p>I want to say there is maybe ten designers right now, so it would be a good time to join as the staff numbers are low and we aren't taking too many interns. If you like creativity I'd check it out. (See tomorrow's Johnny Cash article in A&E for what I mean). Also when you start designing you usually only work a shift a week, so maybe 2-4 hours max. It's a really easy thing to stay committed to (or to get really involved in).</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>I didn't get to go to the Open House because of another meeting, so I would appreciate any more information on the life of a copy editor. The hours in particular worry me. Do they stay until forever every night?</p>
<p>Graphics and layout interest me, too, but do will they still accept if you have no experience with the programs used? Do the mandatory workshops train you from scratch?</p>
<p>And what are everyone's thoughts on BruinLife?</p>
<p>I'm an English major so naturally I am interested in becoming a copy editor, but it sucks b/c I commute to campus so I don't think I could really manage to intern with those types of hours. :-( </p>
<p>Geez...doesn't UCLA have any clubs or internships that don't require you to stay until the wee hours of the night? I feel so left out of everything that goes on at that school.</p>
<p>how long is "til FOREVER," realistically?</p>
<p>I wasn't able to apply to the Daily Bruin this quarter, but I was able to get some info regarding times for copy editing. Below is the response I got from the copy chief. Hope this helps! Congrats to those who were accepted. :) </p>
<p>"I'm Raymond, this year's Daily Bruin copy chief. The hours for copy interns vary depending on what day you are working: Sunday the hours are from 1:30 to about 7 or 8, Monday through Wednesday the hours are from 2:30 to about 7 or 8 and Thursday the hours are from 5 to about 9 or 10. The end times are approximate because it really depends on how many article there are to edit. As an intern you would work one day a week, and if you can't make the start time of the day you want to work (e.g., because of class), we can be flexible."</p>
<p>right on, kk</p>
<p>Bullsiht. I just got back from the office (I left around 12:30 AM) and copy people were still there.</p>
<p>^I second that. news writers have been known to be contacted by copy at all hours..</p>
<p>word, design sounds interesting. What exactly do you folks do?</p>
<p>Design comes in at certain shifts to design certain sections. (You list your shifts in preferences, then the editors assign you to them.) Design uses Adobe Indesign to put together the page as you see it published. They paste in the articles and images, etc. </p>
<p>Copy is the one who copy edits (duh), and writes the headlines.</p>
<p>yayyyy db. it gets so busy in the afternoon that it gets hard to find an open computer. newsroom environment is fun! but it gets really hard to concentrate as a writer because of its noise. i wonder why i've such problems with writing w/ ppl are talking around me. that's too bad... i'm the only person i know who has this issue.</p>
<p>come work for db :)</p>