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About Steeven Ballein

Posts by Steeven Ballein:

THE HARDER THE BETTER

The last three days were the busiest days of my internship. Since I had started I had done only features stories and it wasn’t challenging enough, so I asked for some hard stories. Something which would seem easy for you guys may be stressful for a non-native speaker like me. Indeed, I had to call(…)

SEE HOW IT WORKS

Another week has begun and new stories are coming up, well I hope! Yesterday I’ve done two stories, one was kind of hard news, which I thought would have been published today, but unfortunately did not end up in the newspaper. First of all, because there are so many stories done by day that it(…)

MY EYES HURT

Well, did I say yesterday that today would be another day and therefore a new story? I was wrong… Indeed, I was literally glued to my chair, struggling to translate 600 words from French to English but also answering question to the editor who wanted some clarification. I had a break of 20 minutes for(…)

IT IS JUST THE BEGINNING

My second day was pretty much as my first day expect that… Well, yesterday at least I went out and I ate ice cream! No seriously, I stayed all day long in front of my computer and my laptop (yes I have so much story (the “y” is on purpose) that I need 2 computers).(…)

Knock ‘em dead

Through my experiences I have learned that the first impression is one the most important things when introducing yourself. I therefore followed my own advice and I think my first day wasn’t so bad! I have started working for the Sunshine Daily Coast Daily at 9am and finish at 5pm. When I arrived there I(…)