Ausgezeichnet!!!

Hurray!!!!

Ok I just wrote a long e-mail to friends and family, and sorry, I'm pretty much going to cut and paste... I don't feel like writing it all again... I am an excellent journalist that way.

First off, what I have been up to: This last week (Wednesday to Sunday), I was in Berlin for the Berlin Capital Program, which was to introduce a group of journalists from the states to the media in Germany. The Young American Journalists (my group) were only invited to attend the last three days of the program (which I found to be kind of a bummer) but it was very interesting and worthwhile all the same. The group that attended was a spectacular mixture of journalists from all around the country, some working for big companies like ABC and MTV and others still attending school. It was fun, and the mission of learning more about German media—from radio to television to newspapers—was achieved.

I attended Thanksgiving Dinner last night with a group of Munich Fulbrighters, and it was fun and delicious, but I missed being around family. I think it was the first time in my life not to be with family for Thanksgiving. But, I am leaving for London on Thursday to visit my college roommate Leanne, who now works for Reuters there. :0 )
I have never been so it will be awesome!!! I just hope it's not toooo cold... it is definitely Winter here...


And now for the best news. It seems as if the German media very much like to keep applications for about two months and then they all enjoy calling the applicant on the same day and offering them a job. While I was in Berlin, I got an e-mail from the managing editor of Munich Found, a monthly English-magazine here in Munich asking me if I would like to come in for an interview when I returned to Munich. I of course said yes! Then, upon returning to Munich, I found in my inbox that Fulbright had been in contact with Hubert Burda Media (a huge publishing company here) about the possibilities of an internship there as well. I wasn't sure exactly what was happening, Fulbright just kept telling me to expect a call, so I just waited.

Today I had an interview with Munich Found, and she really liked me and said she would let me know very soon about the position. Then, when I got home, I got a call from a man working for Focus Magazine (the 3rd largest weekly news magazine in Germany) also offering me an internship!!! (When it rains, it pours for me... this I have discovered.)

www.focus.de (I'm sorry it's in German, but you get the idea!)

So now I am definitely starting my position with Focus on January 12, and if I also definitely get a position at Munich Found, I will try and see if I can do both or if I can perhaps begin at Munich Found after I have been at Focus for a while. I am extremely excited, especially about Focus because it is a very large and prestigious publication here, combining both news and features into a well-read magazine. The circulation is around 750,000 per week! Awesome.

SO YAY! I did it. Now I just have to see if there is a way to get my foot in both doors...

Wir werden sehen... aber trotzdem es freut mich sehr!