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Internship

Experiential vs. Educational Learning

By Grace Hansen @thegracieve

January 3, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Experiential vs. Educational Learning

My friends and family were naturally curious when I shared my plans to start a master’s program in book publishing. Many asked why I needed further education to enter the publishing industry. Is a bachelor’s degree in English literature just a fun way to spend four years and thousands of dollars? So I applied for internships before I dove headfirst into another educational commitment. Microcosm Publishing of Portland, Oregon, was gracious enough to offer me an internship, and my personal experiment began. Would this internship be sufficient to teach me everything I wanted to learn about the industry in order to eventually get a full-time job?

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: education, experience, higher education, Internship, learning, Microcosm, Portland, Publishing industry

Inside Dark Horse Comics, Part II

By Justin M. Knipper

October 22, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Inside Dark Horse Comics, Part II

I worked as an editorial intern at Dark Horse Comics in Milwaukie, Oregon, during PSU’s winter term this year, and while I was there, I ended up learning more than I ever anticipated. In my previous post on my time at the Dark Horse offices, I focused on explaining DHDPs and work orders. In this entry, I’ll continue my detailed look into what exactly a comics editor does, and I’ll focus on two more editorial tasks: creating bookmaps and comp lists.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: bookmaps, books, comics, comics editing, comp titles, Dark Horse Comics, Design, design department, Editing, editorial department, Internship

Interning as an Oolie

By Stephen Hyde

March 2, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Interning as an Oolie

The best thing about the Ooligan Press graduate program, as I am sure you are aware, is the opportunity every student has to work on and publish actual books. This experience is what helps set Ooligan apart from other programs, and it sets the students up for success. While I haven’t yet experienced how the skills learned at Ooligan can be applied to full-time publishing jobs, I can speak to how Ooligan has helped me with my time as an intern.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: graduate school, Internship, Job, learning, publishing

The World Outside of Publishing: Translating Skills from Ooligan to Elsewhere

By Dory Athey doryathey

June 10, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The World Outside of Publishing: Translating Skills from Ooligan to Elsewhere

Today at 1:00 p.m., I sat in Book Editing listening to a zealous defense of a comma resting innocently (or not so innocently) between two clauses. Were the clauses independent? Was the comma grammatically unnecessary but useful in improving clarity? There are moments like these in this program (even as I study to become an […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: book editing, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Ecotrust, Edible Portland, Internship, Untangling the Knot

Strengthening My Skills by Interning with Hawthorne Books

By Sarah Currin

May 16, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Strengthening My Skills by Interning with Hawthorne Books

In this program, the importance of internships is something that we students are constantly reminded of (though of course this is not isolated to the publishing industry—many graduate programs not only encourage extracurricular internships, but require them). We’re told that internships are an invaluable way to meet important industry professionals for networking purposes and gain […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: Ariel Gore, Dennis Stovall First Edition Award, Hawthorne Books, Internship, Liz Crain, Marketing, Portland publishers, publicity, Rhonda Hughes, Sarah Currin, The End of Eve

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