With graduation just around the corner, we want to celebrate our Indy interns who are turning their tassels. This week, we are highlighting graduating senior Isabella Leonard, who has been working with our news team.
What first brought you to the Independent as a news intern? Have you done journalism anywhere else before?
I am in the UC Santa Barbara Professional Writing Minor program on the Journalism track, and part of our course is to find an internship for our spring semester. I had never formally done journalism outside of a classroom, so this was an incredible experience. I chose to interview with the Independent because I love their style and coverage, and I wanted experience within a local newsroom.