Experiences at MSNBC- Hardball with Chris Matthews

I learned a lot about myself. I had gone into the internship thinking I would return home in the summer and start looking at law schools. I realized that I loved working in DC, and my true passion was communications, not the law.

1. The staff was amazing.
2. Learning about politics from the a different perspective, because before this I had only worked on campaigns and taken Political Science courses.
3. Learning that I no longer wanted to go to law school, but instead find a job dealing with communications.

I would say figuring out how to read congressional bills and search for them on the THOMAS system.

Finding relevant information for research projects. There is so much information out there, it is sometimes hard to sift through it all.

* Internship duties included, conducting research on guests and show topics using programs such as Lexis-Nexis, creating spreadsheets to organize information, fact checking, Working with other interns to complete projects as requested by the Executive Producer and Vice President of the DC bureau. I also assisted with guests and clerical duties.
* Maintained VIP list for the 63rd Annual Congressional Dinner sponsored by the Washington Press Club Foundation....

I think the secret was my interest in politics.