Mass Communication senior completes internship with ABC News

     Gretchen Ross, a senior mass communication major at Campbell University, spent the summer in New York City as an intern with ABC News.
     “I have always wanted an internship with a national network,” said Ross. “I never thought I would actually be spending my summer in New York with ABC.”
     Ross, who is from Greenville, N.C., was one of three news interns with ABC NewsOne. NewsOne is the affiliate 24-hour newsroom for ABC News. It is a newsgathering service that provides complete coverage of news, features and sports to affiliated stations across the country, foreign news agencies and other domestic programs.
     During her time at NewsOne Ross became proficient in using digital editing systems, acted as associate producer for correspondents on several stories and produced the daily “Medical” and “Money” minute segments and the weekly “New Music Tuesday” project. She also attended several intern seminars where she was encouraged to pitch story ideas. Ross researched and pitched a story regarding the acne medicine Accutane that received positive responses from Barbara Walters, Ted Koppel, Diane Sawyer and other correspondents within ABC News.
     “I thoroughly enjoyed my internship with NewsOne,” said Ross. “I gained skills that will be helpful for my career in the mass media.”
      Ross is an entertainment writer with the Campbell Times, announces for the baseball and softball teams and at 90.1 FM WCCE radio station and works for the Public Information Office at Campbell University.

Photo Copy: Campbell senior, Gretchen Ross, right, completed an internship at ABC News in New York this summer. With Ross is intern Emily Saltzman, a sophomore from Boston University.