{"id":77,"date":"2025-06-10T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/?p=77"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:46:43","slug":"an-inside-look-at-the-first-week-of-my-internship-at-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/2025\/06\/10\/an-inside-look-at-the-first-week-of-my-internship-at-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"An inside look at my summer internship at ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rising senior and double Public Relations and Journalism major Jackie Litowinsky is interning for ESPN this summer in Bristol, CT. Each week during the 10-week program, she will write about her experiences.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Week 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week marked the final week of my internship at ESPN. It\u2019s been the summer of a lifetime and I hope this \u201cblog\u201d has captured that!<\/div>\n
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Tuesday<\/strong><\/div>\n
To wrap up my time in Comms, I presented my end of summer project on Tuesday to the entire department. I got great feedback from the team and I was really proud of how I put everything together. From bylines, to experiences, and everything in between, it was a great way to recap my experience this summer with everyone who has supported me over these past 10 weeks.<\/div>\n
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Other than that, I worked on some final edits for my Exit Interviews piece for Front Row and worked on more WNBA cards.<\/div>\n
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Wednesday<\/strong><\/div>\n
I attended an intern vs. pro family feud and got to enjoy a \u201cfarewell\u201d lunch with the rest of the team. Amid DTC, NFL and WWE announcements, I was really thankful everyone took the time to gather and help me celebrate an amazing summer at ESPN.<\/div>\n
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The scoreboard area was adorned with blue and white decorations, birthday cupcakes and a quesadilla bar \u2013 could it have gotten any better? I was also bestowed the \u201cintern jacket\u201d and a card signed by the team, and Josh was kind enough to present a certificate from Disney with a lovely message.<\/div>\n
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It was a great day, but it didn\u2019t stop there. Katie brought me over to the Vibe Check set and I got to meet the producer, Shelby. We ran into Ronce and my coworker Spencer where we saw WWE champ Cody Rhodes. In the afternoon, I sat in on a Disney intern event featuring Ken Bunt, President of Disney Music Group.<\/div>\n
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Thursday<\/strong><\/div>\n
I ended my time at ESPN by saying my goodbyes and getting my Exit Interviews piece published on Front Row<\/a>. Truly the best way to finish my time at the World Wide Leader.<\/div>\n
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Thank you all for reading. I hope the next intern has just as amazing of a time here as I did!<\/div>\n

Week 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week, I got to put my interviewing skills to the test for Front Row while staying on top of my end of summer project.<\/div>\n
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Monday<\/strong><\/div>\n
This day was all about getting a draft done of another Intern Chronicles, this time for National Intern Day and pitching my last one to be published next week. For the former, I interviewed past Communications interns to see what career paths they took after their time at ESPN.<\/div>\n
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I also got a few more WNBA cards posted.<\/a> As with every day this week, I worked on my end of summer project in between, doing a mix of graphic design for the visuals and putting together everything I worked on these past (almost) 10 weeks.<\/div>\n
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Tuesday<\/strong><\/div>\n
I edited the National Intern Day Intern Chronicles, worked on my project and attended a Vibe Check panel moderated by Katie for the Forward Together with Women@ESPN event on campus.<\/div>\n
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Wednesday<\/strong><\/div>\n
I used this day to get all the materials done I needed for my last Intern Chronicles, which will be a chance for the interns to talk about their experiences in \u201cexit interviews.\u201d I made a Microsoft Form for everyone to fill out and sent it.<\/div>\n
I got another WNBA card posted<\/a> and worked on a couple more for upcoming games.<\/div>\n
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Finally, I designed the last two \u201850\/50\u2019 schedule graphics and worked on the end of summer project while I sat in on a Disney intern event featuring Steven Vincent, SVP of Disney Branded Television Music and Soundtracks.<\/div>\n
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Thursday<\/strong><\/div>\n
I capped off the week with another Front Row byline now in my portfolio<\/a> along with the social card\/copy<\/a>. The rest of the day, I worked on my end of summer project and a podcast engagement project for Manzo.<\/div>\n
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Until next week!<\/div>\n

Week 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week, I got the opportunity to work out of our NYC offices, be on site for a WNBA game and have two pieces published on Front Row.<\/div>\n
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Monday<\/strong><\/div>\n
While visiting the Disney offices for the first time in NYC, I sent the first version of my Intern Chronicles draft to Bea and Ronce. In between editing videos to be featured in that Front Row story, I got word that I\u2019d get to interview Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo and Holly Rowe before the Fever vs. Liberty game on Tuesday. I spent a lot of time creating questions to ask them for a Front Row piece.<\/div>\n
For that same game, the social card and tweet copy I created was posted<\/a>. The \u201850\/50\u2019 schedule graphic I created for this week was also posted<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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By the end of the day, I had sent over my completed Intern Chronicles draft with the edited videos included.<\/div>\n
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Tuesday<\/strong><\/div>\n
My second day in the NYC office was spent preparing for my interview at the WNBA game that night, among other things, like brainstorming for my end of summer project.<\/div>\n
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I attended a Q&A on Teams featuring Eric Schultz, a senior advisor to former President Obama and a former White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary.<\/div>\n
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Then, that night, I attended the Fever vs. Liberty game with Alex and conducted a successful interview with Ruocco, Lobo and Rowe pre-game.<\/div>\n
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Wednesday<\/strong><\/div>\n
I started off the day creating a face sheet for my coworker Garrett. It was for the NYC screening\/premiere of ESPN\u2019s original series “Running with the Wolves.”<\/div>\n
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I also updated my Intern Chronicles draft to make it shorter and wrote my Front Row piece surrounding what was discussed during my interview at the WNBA game.<\/div>\n
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Thursday<\/strong><\/div>\n
I worked on final edits and approvals for my Intern Chronicles piece and sent my draft of the WNBA Front Row piece to the appropriate people. Both pieces were published that day (Intern Chronicles and WNBA interview), along with my tweet copy here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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I was lucky enough to receive praise on my WNBA Front Row piece from Rebecca Lobo herself, and it was reposted by Ruocco and Rowe on Instagram as well.<\/div>\n
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The rest of the day, I attended ESPN\u2019s Enabled Expo, created three more WNBA social cards and copy for games set for next week, had an end of summer project meeting with Bea and Ronce, and met our intern recruiter, Suzanna, in person on campus.<\/div>\n
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Until next week!<\/div>\n

Week 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now more than halfway through my internship here at ESPN, I\u2019m starting to plan my end of summer project and some more Front Row stories, while getting content posted in between.<\/div>\n
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Monday<\/strong><\/div>\n
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I ended last week getting a few more cards uploaded to ESPNPR socials, so I made sure to retweet those for my own portfolio<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Throughout the day, I worked on more social cards and tweet copy for a variety of properties, including more WNBA. <\/a>The Front Row piece I worked on last week was published<\/a> and so was my tweet copy<\/a> The story was also published on My Disney Today, so I was excited to get my byline out on another platform.<\/div>\n
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Tuesday<\/strong><\/div>\n
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During our huddle, I got word from my coworker Alex that my credential was confirmed for next Tuesday\u2019s Fever vs. Liberty game in Brooklyn. In the meantime, I\u2019m taking in all the All-Star Game coverage I can, which for me meant sitting in on a media advisory call with various reporters, Alex, Rebecca Lobo, and Ryan Ruocco.<\/div>\n
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I also sent follow ups to the Minnesota Vikings reporters I had pitched for my My Wish<\/em>\u00a0release.<\/div>\n
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