Extra Curriculum Activities…
As part of my extra curriculum activities I regularly visit the gym and go swimming. I feel that it is important to exercise as it helps to relieve the strain and stress of everyday life and give you a chance to focus your mind on something else. In order to maintain my exercise routine I need the determination and drive. I feel this helps in other aspects of my life and my hoped career as I have the determination and right attitude to do the best I can in everything that I set my mind too. I feel that this will help with my course as I will have the drive and desire to do my best at all times throughout the 3 years and beyond. The drive to achieve my best is important to me, not just through activities outside of university but also in class.
At school I was part of the netball team. Learning to work as part of a team and being a good team member has also been useful in working within groups at university and the work place.
Listening to others ideas and suggestions brings with it good team leadership skills that are important within the media industry.
Throughout the summer break and next year I hope to part take in work experience throughout the media industry, both in local and national newspapers and radio shows but also magazines.
I am hoping to be able to complete work experience with The National Magazine Company which is one of the luxury consumer magazine publishers in the UK. It publishes 20 magazines, some of these being:-
Good House Keeping
Country Living
Harper’s Bazaar
Esquire and
Cosmopolitan
In gaining work experience at Natmag I will be able to get hands on experience and see what goes on in the making of a magazine.
I feel work experience is very important in any chosen field but in particular Journalism and Media with the high demand of applicants.
In gaining work experience it will show and demonstrate my commitment for the career and field I want to go in to, giving that me that extra edge that employers want from an applicant.
