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 ## One-to-one meetings ## One-to-one meetings
  
-Arrange to meet with me three times: at the beginning to agree on a plan, after turning in the midterm report, ​and after turning in the final report. This should ideally occur during my office hours, or by appointment. These meetings are an opportunity to discuss the ideas and motivations surrounding the internship, along with any challenges you face on the job.+Arrange to meet with me two times: at the beginning to agree on a plan and after turning in the final report. This should ideally occur during my office hours, or by appointment. These meetings are an opportunity to discuss the ideas and motivations surrounding the internship, along with any challenges you face on the job. A meeting around the midterm assignment is also recommended.
  
-## Midterm: Reading report+Be sure to turn assignments in at least 48 hours before we meet so I have time to review them.
  
-At the beginning, we will agree on a book that you will read during the internship that connects ​the experience to media studies scholarship. Within one week of the midterm, you will turn in an approximately 1,000-word report on the book, highlighting key insights and concerns, and reflecting on its relevance to the internship experience.+## Midterm: Book review 
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 +At the beginning, we will agree on two books that you will read during the internship that connect ​the experience to media studies scholarship. ​Books should be rigorous and critical, generally one academic-press book and one high-quality trade work of journalism or polemic. 
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 +Within one week of the midterm, you will turn in an approximately 1,300-word review of the first book, highlighting key insights and concerns, and reflecting on its relevance to the internship ​experience. How does the book resonate (or not) with your experience so far? Does anything you have experienced contradict the claims of the book? Be sure to demonstrate in-depth engagement with both the book's ideas and specific aspects of your experience.
  
 ## Final: Successor handbook ## Final: Successor handbook
  
-Before the last scheduled office hours the end of the term, you will turn in a handbook about how to carry out the internship for their successor in the role. It should include ​some insights from the book that you read. The length may vary depending on context, but a good target is about 2,000 words. Remember to format it appropriately and professionally.+Before the last scheduled office hours the end of the term, you will turn in a handbook about how to carry out the internship for their successor in the role. It should include ​rigorous engagement with insights from the two books that you read. The length may vary depending on context, but a good target is about 2,000 words. Remember to format it appropriately and professionally
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 +If your employer is interested in having such a handbook for their purposes, we can discuss adjusting the assignment to help it better suit their needs. All the better if it can be useful beyond just the assignment. 
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 +## Employer evaluation 
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 +Please be sure that your internship is registered in the campus Handshake system, and that your employer completes the midterm and final evaluations there.
  
 ## Student responsibilities ## Student responsibilities
  
 Internships require extra work on the part of faculty, so it is your responsibility to ensure that all milestones are met. At the beginning, propose a set of deadlines and meeting times for the entire term, and expect to carry out your work without reminders. Internships require extra work on the part of faculty, so it is your responsibility to ensure that all milestones are met. At the beginning, propose a set of deadlines and meeting times for the entire term, and expect to carry out your work without reminders.