by Patrick Jay Cope
Second semester has ended in St. Dominic
College of Asia (SDCA) and it’s vacation time for all the students… except for
ABCOMM third year students. The class is over but the learning is not because they
will be having a summer internship program in Philippine Broadcasting Service
(PBS) and People’s Television 4 (PTV4) in Quezon City.
The summer internship will start on May
16, 2018. Though some of the students will postpone their summer vacation until
June and some will not get the vacation, they are still excited with the
learning they will get.
For ABCOMM, the summer internship program
is always in Communication and Community Affairs Office (CCAO) in SDCA.
But the Sir Romeo Gonzalvo Jr., program chair of their course, decided that his students would have the
summer internship in PBS and PTV4. And even his students like the idea of
getting an internship in those companies. “I believe that it would be helpful
in my chosen career especially in terms of media and broadcasting, [and] I think
that PTV4 will be an interesting and exciting journey for my internship”,
Alyssa Dela Peña, an ABCOMM third year student.
If Alyssa wants to be in PTV4, her
classmate Anna Doroliat likes the PBS more. “I can see that nowadays, some ABCOMM
students tend to pursue more on TV field, I want to experience first the field
of radio, with this I will be molded from first step to greatness”, Anna said.
And because they want to be in PBS and
PTV4, they are expecting something to gain. “My expectations are to know more
about the reality of our field and to be more grinded for the better outcome,
eagerly enthusiastic to face the real world and government”, Anna said.
Alyssa on the other hand is expecting to
see what happens behind the camera, “and to experience first hand how media
practitioners serve our country and the people. And also I want to have fun
while learning”, she said.
Since the internship will be in Quezon
City, most of the students have decided to rent a house there so it will not be
hard for them to commute everyday. “We looked for various options for the
apartment that we'll be staying in and also made a few computations on how much
we'll be spending for the whole training”, Alyssa said.
Aside from the preparation of finding and
making her boarding house to be comfortable for her to stay, Anna did an extra
preparation, “[I am] preparing my physical, mental and emotional for the stresses
that I'm about to face”, she said.
Summer internship or internship in
general will be helpful for every students to practice their learning from
school to the real world. And having an internship in a legitimate company like
PTV4 and PBS is a great opportunity that should not be missed even if you are eager to have a summer vacation.
(I interviewed Alyssa Dela Peña and Anna Doroliat last May 11, 2018)
