Connecting to Community: Social Media Intern Hannah Graham
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About Me
My name is Hannah Graham, and I am a senior at Southern Connecticut State University studying Journalism with a minor in Public Relations. This year, I am very excited to be starting my first internship with WIN working on their social media intern team and learning more about the world of business communication. I especially love being part of a network of women who want to uplift and encourage one another to pursue their dreams.
Public Relations and Publishing
When I began my college journey, I had no idea that I would develop such a passion for public relations. Originally, my interest was in editing both narrative and journalistic writing. I still love to work with the written word and take a piece to the next level. Thankfully, my work as a copy editor for Southern News at SCSU has allowed me to grow that skill and pursue my passion for the world of publishing.
I love to edit really because I love to read. So, I keep a collection of pictures of all the errors I can find in the published work I read to stay in practice and remind myself that I can take on the challenge of editing at a professional level. My favorite recent reads were:
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
The Appeal by Janice Hallet
However, after spending two semesters working with Mew Haven Cat Cafe and the Greater Dwight Development Corporation, a nonprofit in New Haven, on their public communication, I grew to love building out a communication campaign as well through social media calendars, writing newsletters and planning events that could bring people together and create meaningful community connections.
It’s that same love of community building through shared experience over social media that has me keeping up with the latest in visual media. I love tracking audience responses across platforms and analyzing the choices that the actors and directors make. I just started watching:
Stranger Things
Heated Rivalry
Percy Jackson & The Olympians
Those same skills that develop from tracking viewership analytics and community participation are what feed into my interest in communication and marketing for the business world. I really care about finding community through media, and I believe that working in communications allows me to make a career out of connecting businesses to the audiences who care about their mission.
Why a Social Media Intern at WIN?
It is for that reason that I applied to WIN, where I believe I can gain valuable experience which will help to propel me into the field of public relations. I look forward to learning how to write to a nonprofit’s strengths with newsletters and building a portfolio which will help me to present my resume in a stronger light.
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