Melissa Smith

Week 6: Jumping Ship

Well it’s the end of my internship at Bonnier, and I can’t believe how fast six weeks flew by. I’ve had such a wonderful summer per everyone at Bonnier and OWUSS, and I can’t thank these two groups enough for this experience. This week I worked mainly online to clean up Scuba

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Week 5: Going Deep

This week was a pretty normal week in the office. But it had a few great highlights: First, I got to write a story on the bill that’s in Congress right now about banning shark feeding in federal waters. Right now, shark feeding is illegal in certain state waters (like

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Week 4: Pointing and Shooting

Thanks to Roger Roy, the gear editor of Scuba Diving and Sport Diver, I got to go diving again during my internship! I went with Roger, Ashley, Robby and the Dive Group digital editor, Becca Hurley, to Alexander Springs to test underwater cameras, including a SeaLife camera, a DSLR in

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Week 3: Floating Along

They say if you can get a job doing what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life. This is how I feel working at Scuba Diving and Sport Diver. I can’t believe my internship is halfway over! I’ve learned so much already, and I can’t wait to

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Blue Grotto: Week 2

Week 2 at Bonnier was a blast because I got to go diving! Holding an internship during which you’re surrounded by scuba 24/7 but at a desk 40 hours a week is tough; you want to dive more than ever, but it’s hard to find the time. Luckily, this week

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Jumping In: Week 1 at Bonnier

My first week as an intern at Bonnier has just come to a close, and I couldn’t be happier. Monday was a great introductory day. I met the whole team, including the editor-in-chief of the dive group, Patricia Wuest, and the managing editors of Sport Diver and Scuba Diving, Andy

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Melissa J. Smith

What drew Melissa Smith to diving, apart from an ingrained love and appreciation of her home state of Florida’s waters, was her overwhelming sense of curiosity. This is the same sense that drew her to journalism, and she is excited to have the opportunity to merge those two worlds as

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