Getting Ready in the Classroom

By Megan Richardson and Shelley Davis

No college student prefers school over the pool during the summer, but if you’re in Lisa Sisk’s Journalism 463 class you won’t mind at all. This class offers the thrills and frills of Atlanta, valuable hands-on experience, and class credit, too!

During the first two weeks of class we learned about different aspects of public relations. We each put together presentations about organizations we plan to visit in Atlanta. Each informative report helped us understand the background of each business. Some of the reports included Manning, Selvage & Lee, UPS, Atlanta Braves, Chick-fil-A, and Coca-Cola.

Beverly Dominick, the internship/placement coordinator for the journalism school, came by to give us good resume writing and interview tips, and shared some of her professional experiences with us. A research paper was due during the second week of class. We chose a topic and related a public relations case study to it. After a short presentation of our research papers, the second week of class was over and we headed home to start packing our bags for Atlanta.

The King Center, CNN, The Georgia Aquarium, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Turner Studios are just a few organizations we have the pleasure of visiting next week. We are all very excited about spending a week in Atlanta and taking a closer look inside each of these organizations and their public relations practices.

Atlanta, here we come! First stop: Zoo Atlanta.