Yesterday was day 1 again, with the start of my editorial internship at Spoon University, a food website and community for college students. In the morning, the group of interns convened in a large meeting room in the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism with co-founders of Spoon, Mackenzie and Sarah to discuss our summer tasks and organize our ideas. Each of us has two teams of remote writers and photographers whose work we will edit and publish onto the Spoon website, in addition to individual jobs, which for me include working on the weekly newsletter and using google analytics to measure the success of each of the teams. Sitting with a group of true foodies, I could finally share my obsession with food instagrams and rejoice in company when I heard of the existence of a new Starbucks Frappuccino truck!
Today, we were based in Alley NYC, instead of the journalism school, which is basically a networking space for several start-ups. Interestingly, through Spoon being a part of the space, we have access to various resources including the opportunity to attend social events, learn about various up-and-coming companies and listen to guest speakers such as Ariana Huffington of the Huffington Post (who is coming next week!). I spent most of the day today reaching out through phone and email to various restaurants in Washington, D.C. in order to scout out potential chefs to be guest speakers at an upcoming event called "Taste Talks." Spoon held this event in NYC in April with several cool speakers, including the associate editor of Grub Street and the VP Digital Editorial of The Food Network. Finding a location, securing donations from local restaurants and scouting out interesting speakers for an event in D.C. from NYC is definitely quite the task and I was happy to be able to help in a small way.
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