American University School of Communication students are always on the move, trying to learn as much as they can and strengthening their skills through internships and other experiences.

Shira Stein, a senior majoring in journalism, took to Twitter to share her 2017 reporting accomplishments which included publishing work with the Durango Herald, Bloomberg BNA, The Hill and The Washington Post. In 2018, she spoke on a panel at the Newseum, Power to the Interns. 

I began the year with a visit to Durango, Colorado, meeting my new colleagues and learning more about the town for which I would be reporting. pic.twitter.com/X1kp963G08

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

The next day, I was out again early, covering the likely largest single-day march in history. Instead of standing in one place, I walked with the women and men of Colorado, seeing it from their perspective. https://t.co/RSWfXBgAKB

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

A little over a month later, I scrambled through the back stairwells of the U.S. Capitol to make it to my tiny little stool in time for the familiar "Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States." https://t.co/R3GwfFeKjh

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

I worked on a unique profile of then-Judge Neil Gorsuch, finding an angle no other news outlet had considered when looking into his background. The day the profile was published, I sat in on his confirmation hearings. https://t.co/bjExsOvamf

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

I got the opportunity to Snapchat from the White House Easter Egg Roll for @thehill. Although I hadn't had a lot of experience with posting on social media for news outlets, it was a really great learning experience for me. https://t.co/5porO7n4XT

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

One of my last stories for @DurangoHerald was a look at the unique bipartisan relationship between @SenBennetCO and @SenCoryGardner, especially in such a partisan year in Congress. https://t.co/tQp1DisSov

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

I started my internship at @BloombergBNA on May 29, getting to do fun activities like a scavenger hunt in between writing stories. pic.twitter.com/nep62aU3X3

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

I attended the @spjdc Sigma Delta Chi awards dinner, where I received a scholarship and met @asimendinger and @martharaddatz. pic.twitter.com/btEtslS2F5

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

I learned how to understand really complicated topics like cryptocurrency and explain them, pitching my first story for @BloombergBNA during the summer. https://t.co/Pl3tIDac1C

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

I wrote four stories that made it to the TOP section of the Bloomberg Terminal, a first for any @BloombergBNA intern. Three of them were based on data work I did, the first time I had written any stories using data. https://t.co/VRu2urdYnL

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

After two years of wanting to be a Resident Assistant, I finally became one in August, joining a team of passionate people wanting to make a home for other college students. pic.twitter.com/C9SpWnVJDy

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

As someone who loves science, getting to spend an afternoon talking about the eclipse and listening to people get excited about it at the National Air and Space Museum for @thehill was a dream. https://t.co/QmUFCO4gi4 https://t.co/AuyypISeop

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

After years of dreaming about writing for @washingtonpost, I started my internship with the Metro desk on September 18. pic.twitter.com/MFEnGZyiqx

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

My first byline for @washingtonpost was a topic on which I was uniquely suited to write: a controversy on my own university's campus. I listened to the voices of students who were tired of the problems at our school and wanted to be heard. https://t.co/exFIgNeu3N

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

With the help of @AU_SOC, I was able to attend the @ONA conference. I learned about all different types of journalism and met other journalists. pic.twitter.com/p6JZ4iQjsx

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

I helped cover one of the most watched elections of 2017, talking to voters in Northern Virginia as they went to the polls in the morning. https://t.co/hwSGTS9TUU

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

After spending most of the first half of my internship @washingtonpost working on a data-driven longform story, it was published on the front page of the Sunday Metro section. https://t.co/vhWgwIeWz2

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

On my first day of high school journalism, I learned about a Supreme Court case called Tinker v Des Moines. For my last story of the year, I wrote about a reenactment of the case for middle and high school students and got to interview Mary Beth Tinker. https://t.co/7UM3trIF8a

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

In 2018, I'll be sustaining the success of the past year, not only by continuing my internship at @washingtonpost through May, but…

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018

Starting in June, I'll be returning to @BloombergBNA as a START reporter. I'll be rotating through four different news desks, getting to meet even more of the reporters I met this summer. I'm thrilled to have a job after graduation, especially at such a great news organization.

- Shira Stein (@shiramstein) January 1, 2018