I remember shooting up out of my desk chair when I saw the email from the New Jersey Press Foundation offering me a summer internship with The SandPaper. I had been obsessively checking my inbox for weeks, and I still feel so fortunate to have received such an unbelievable offer. Seriously, $20 to anyone who can think of a cooler place to be all summer.
Now, I’m just about done with my time at The SandPaper and my first bit of real-world journalism. I cannot believe how quickly it has gone by.
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