This week, we’d like to introduce you to one of our interns, Emily Vesper. You’ve probably seen her name popping up in our pages or on our website as she covers stories from our newsroom. Vesper has been reporting since December when she returned home to Santa Barbara from Brown University where she was editor of campus paper The College Hill Independent.
When did you start interning at the Independent? What made you interested in joining our team?
I started interning at the Independent in December. I’ve been reading the Independent since I was a kid. When I worked at a restaurant on the waterfront, I’d even read the entire legal section at the hostess stand during slow shifts. I value the work the Independent does for this community so much, so when I moved back to Santa Barbara, it was a no-brainer for me to apply to join the team.