Alana Gaither '15 - Nationwide Children's Hospital

Name: Alana Gaither

Class Year: 2015

Major: Public Relations

Hometown: Akron, Ohio

Internship Organization: Nationwide Children's Hospital, PR & Marketing Department

Location: Columbus, OH

Internship Responsibilities:

During my internship, I wrote and distributed five press releases which received coverage in print, radio, television and online media, facilitated interviews for physicians, patients and administration with local media, monitored media activity for the weekly update reports to the CEO, tracked daily incoming media requests for the media log and researched and developed a marketing plan for Cancer Awareness Month for an intern project.

What I Learned: 

It was a learning experience in itself being in a professional environment and I was ecstatic at how many responsibilities my advisers trusted me to complete. I gained a lot of confidence in my own writing skills and even with talking to professionals in the marketing, media and PR fields.