As Editor in Chief of the School of Korean Broadcasting & Journalism Club (wow that was a mouthful!), I was in charge of creating, writing, and editing the weekly Korean newsletter for our 60 students and teachers.

Every week, we would choose topics surrounding our school (clubs, classes, local eateries, student spotlights) and write about them…except with one catch.

We had to write all in Korean!

In fact, the whole School of Korean program at Middlebury Language Schools is in Korean. We had to take a Language Pledge at the beginning of the 8-weeklong program. That’s how serious it was.

Having previously been the editor-in-chief of my high school yearbook and newspaper and done some reporting for the Blue & Gold Yearbook at Cal (UC Berkeley), reporting and writing stories was always just something truly deep in my blood.

So, of course, when the opportunity arose, I volunteered to be the sole editor of our summer school’s newsletter and BOY! was it a task!

Every week, I was in charge of editing at least five 300-word articles, coming up with the layout of the newsletter, finding pictures, getting quotes, and communicate with my journalists who were sending in articles a day past the deadline!

On top of that, editing in another language than your mother tongue isn’t easy, and editing in another language isn’t easier. But, it’s taught me a lot about Korean and also about how to work with a team to create a product.

Check out some of the newsletters we created below.

 

Newsletter #4

Newsletter #7

Although there were many 3am nights and 4am mornings, overall creating these newsletters was such a blast and they are beautiful memories to look back on and reminisce!

I’ll catch you in the next mini-blog.

Thanks for reading.