O/B: Week Eleven

This week at O/B has been nothing short of overloaded.

However, I did have a lot of chances to be productive and really work hard to get things done, which is always good practice (because, inevitably the "real" world will be just as demanding.) Wednesday was a day entirely spent plugging away at the article uploads that I've been on for the past couple weeks. The process is tedious and boring, but needs to get done. I spent a long day in the office Friday (9am-11:30pm) finishing these up, and damn it feels good to be done.

I was able to take a break on Friday to go out with another intern to MSU Friday to represent Outside Media Group for the incoming freshman. I ended up having a really great time talking with prospective students and getting to give advice about MSU, O/B, and the awesome valley we're all nestled in. I was surprised to notice some of the trends in questions I got, like most freshman wanting to now super close locations for recreation, probably because most won't have a car on campus. This means that I can use this kind of observation to better tailor the MSU Pocket Guide facebook posts to reflect the kind of thing freshman are going to be into, which potentially means more "friends", and more $$ for O/B. It was a rewarding experience, and gave me a much needed break from the hum-drum of working away at my desk in the office (8 hours there can be taxing).

Monday was the deadline for Cast, so I spent a good chunk of time this weekend working on the articles I wrote for the guide, and fact-checking our sidebars. This is a collaborative process with the sales team, which I realized can be tricky. Even though my deadline to get this stuff in was the 30th, the sales team didn't quite have all the ads laid out yet, so Tuck and I will have to wait. This can be more stressful for us, but as long as we can get the rest of the copy-editing done we should be okay.

Monday also brought an onslaught of meetings, an intern meeting with Mike and the post-mortem meeting for the spring edition, and then the summer issue idea session. Pizza and beer was had by all. I'll talk about how these went and what we discussed in next weeks' post.
For now, I must edit!