TALK RADIO NEWS
Amelia A. Woessner

A journalism major also concentrating in management and communications at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, Amelia Woessner also attended Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Amelia applied to the Washington Internship Program on March 11, 2005 – a year before she wanted to start      
an internships – in order to insure that’d get the best possible placements in mass media. Amelia was running a 3.7 grade point average and had experience in radio, having worked at WRBB 104.9 FM, and in print journalism at Northeastern News and the Lexington Minuteman. Amelia was also employed at Allegiance Telecom, Inc. After conducting a phone interview, Amelia was accepted on May 6, 2006 at Talk Radio News – which is widely regarded as one of the most highly respected broadcasting internships in Washington, D.C. Amelia worked there four days a week beginning in June. Subsequently, she was also accepted at Radio Free Europe to begin in the fall, but on August 8 Amelia was accepted by Fox Broadcasting (WTTG) for an internship in television where she would work on Saturdays and Sundays as well as one day a week starting in September. As autumn turned into winter, Amelia’s hours and responsibilities grew at Fox, so she decided to stay there despite interview offers at C-SPAN television. Since Amelia’s work at Fox continued into 2007, the description of her internship there will be covered in next year’s annual report. Amelia chose to live at Summit Hills Apartments where she made friends with other WIP interns: two suitemates in public relations from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and two other women in law from Lynn University in Florida and the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Below are notes by Amelia about her first internship.