News Intern Review

by Bloomberg

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Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    3.5
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • writing stories, producing tv programs


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • yes, financial journalism, writing wires under pressure and under tight deadlines, tv production, working in an english speaking newsroom


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 2/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • the first part in the equities team involved writing a lot of stories so i would say yes the second part in tv involved producing blocks for the tv show so i would say yes too but less


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • good amount


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • very variable depending on the team good in tv


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed it because I learnt a lot of new concepts.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 3/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Bloomberg
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Bloomberg to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg
  • be curious, go meet people, network, pitch, ask questions, don't get frustrated if you don't like your team because bloomberg is huge and there are other great opportunities


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Journalism & Publishing

London

August 2024


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