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I’m still pinching myself at the fact that I recently wrapped up an internship on the publishing desk at The Wall Street Journal. As the summer wraps up, I want to thank everyone at the Dow Jones News Fund and WSJ who made my summer so wonderful. The weeklong DJNF editing training in Austin, Texas, prepared me to go off to NYC and connected me with people who became genuine friends. At the Journal, the entire publishing desk — especially my boss, Lora Western — welcomed me and generously answered my (many) questions, from WSJ style to insider tips about where to go in New York on the weekends. I was a first-round editor on more than 30 stories, coordinating with the extremely talented reporters and editors across the newsroom to make sure each piece lived up to the Journal’s ambitious standards for factual correctness, style and clarity. A true highlight of the summer was working on the live blog after Evan was released — I will never forget being a small part of the incredible newsroom effort and atmosphere that day. If I named every person who made this summer wonderful this post would be far too long, but I do want to thank my mentor, Caitlin Ostroff. She is an incredibly supportive, talented and genuinely kind person. I owe her a lot. Michelle Higgins spent countless hours coordinating our internship program and trainings on the history of WSJ, fact-checking, finding stories, video journalism and more — thank you. I’m now back in Athens for my final year of my master’s program in journalism. This year I am a TA in the inimitable Keith Herndon, Ph.D.’s JOUR 3030 class, and I’m looking forward to soaking up the rest of my time in the Classic City.