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Voice of America (VOA), where I worked as a First-Year Fellow this summer, is a large international broadcaster that provides globally focused news to over a hundred countries around the world. With around forty-five language services, Voice of America is able to reach an audience of over 170 million people weekly. As part of its charter, the organization pledges to “serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news, represent America, not any single segment of American society, and present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively”.
Julia Decerega '18 films a weekly program for the VOA in the green room. |
The most rewarding part of my internship was having a close, personal interaction with the audience of VOA. As a significant part of my duties included managing social media, I interacted personally with viewers and listeners and talk to them one-on-one. Every morning, I shared the headlines of the day through “Whatsapp” with people in Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea, Brazil, and Portugal. This was a really good exercise in self-awareness. I learned to tell whether or not readers found my particular summaries interesting, and whether I had made an impact on their day or not.