By Megan Gignac Hi friends! Here are some updates from my fourth week in Ghana. I hope you enjoy! After I got the first week of my internship under my belt, I was feeling confident and getting in the groove of corporate life in a new country. At the end of our long work week, Read More …
By Elijah Jagne I really wasn’t sure I would write this post. Most of our blog entries focus on internships, cultural exchanges, and lighter experiences during our time abroad. But sometimes, experiences demand more from you. They require reflection, depth, and honesty, even if it’s uncomfortable. And this is uncomfortable, but perhaps necessary. Near the Read More …
By Kaiya Laguardia-Yonamine Week one is officially over! Being at Joy Multimedia has been this long, insanely awesome roller coaster ride. In just five days, I have experienced one of the busiest weeks of my journalism career in a long time. But honestly, it was pretty rough at first. I was bouncing around multiple news Read More …
By Kalani Chai-Andrade Leading up to my first day at work, I was extremely anxious. I had never interned for a company, let alone worked in a newsroom, so I didn’t know what to expect. What would my workday look like? Would my coworkers like me? Would I even get to take photos? These thoughts Read More …
By Everett Cento Wow! This week has been absolute chaos. From watching a man get sentenced to 20 years for shooting his wife, to covering a metropolitan emergency, to filling in for a short-staffed newsroom, I felt like I barely had a moment to breathe. Through all of this movement, one theme kept coming up: Read More …
By Skylar DeBose It feels surreal that we’re already halfway through our time in Ghana. Before coming here, the thought of being away from home and away from my people for six weeks made me anxious. Yet as each day passes, I find myself feeling sadder and sadder that our time here will be coming to an Read More …
By Milly Gamlen Since meeting my boss, I really feel like things are falling into place. She explained that she was under the impression I would be starting this Monday, as opposed to last Monday, so there was some confusion. Thankfully, she clarified that I would be working with the communication team, which is what Read More …
By Anna Liv Myklebust Day one of everyone’s internship sounded routine; most people had introductions and HR meetings. I, on the other hand, was assigned a 700-800 word opinion piece due by the end of the day. In that moment, I was grateful to be thrown into the deep end to see if I’d sink or Read More …
By Skylar DeBose This week marked the start of our internships. Waking up at 6 a.m. on Monday, July 7, felt like the first day of school. I experienced the same nerves, excitement, and eagerness that I’ve felt every year since kindergarten. Yet this time, something was different. Instead of going to school, where I Read More …
By Elijah Jagne For about as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to work in film and television. Growing up, I had an extraordinarily hardworking single mother who did anything and everything in her power to ensure a good life for me. Because of her very busy schedule, I often spent the majority of Read More …
By Kai Fontenot Monday – Day 1: Orientation and a Reality Check 6:00 a.m. I woke up at 6 a.m., without a single thought behind my eyes. I was so tired. After drinking my coffee and eating a quick peanut butter and jelly sandwich, the nerves of going to meet the people I will soon Read More …
By Milly Gamlen This week, we all started work, and I began my internship at PenPlusBytes. It is a non-profit that promotes “good governance in Africa.” They do this through projects focused on media literacy and visibility. The company is composed of a small group of focused professionals all working towards one set of shared Read More …
By Rachel Marty On my first day of work, I was expecting to arrive at a typical office building—with a few stories, a main lobby, and maybe even a receptionist. But as I approached the address, the busy city became a quiet neighborhood, and I realized the organization worked out of a small house. It Read More …
By Everett Cento Going into this trip, I knew the LGBTQ+ discourse in Ghana was a sensitive one. In 2021, Ghana’s Parliament introduced the “Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill,” a sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ proposal that would criminalize not just same-sex relationships, but advocacy, public displays of affection, and even identifying as queer. Read More …
By Megan Gignac It’s Sunday night. We are just coming off the adrenaline high we experienced while attending the biggest rivalry in Ghana’s football match: Asante Kotoko versus Accra’s beloved Hearts of Oak, who unfortunately fell short in a 1-2 loss. Now that we were home for the night, the time had finally come to Read More …