New intern at The Journal

LAKEVILLE — Sophie Schechter, an English major and rising junior at Kenyon College in Ohio, will intern at The Lakeville Journal this summer.Schechter spent her younger years in New York City, and moved to Salisbury when she was 12. She is interested in politics and her favorite magazine is The New Yorker. “My dream job is to write for The New Yorker for The Talk of the Town,” she said.Schechter hasn’t yet made any concrete plans for her future but she likes writing and is looking for ways to turn it into a career. She hopes to learn about the publishing industry through her internship here at The Journal.“This is a great opportunity to see if this is where I want to go,” she said. “I want a real understanding of what it is to write about all the different topics that are covered in a weekly newspaper, not just writing about what I’m interested in.”In addition to her major in English, Schechter is minoring in art.“I love sketching, mostly people and nature. Although I’m not a big still-life person,” she said, smiling. Schechter is also a tennis player. She has played her entire life and plays on the team at Kenyon.On top of everything else, Schechter is a traveler. Her favorite places she has visited are Italy (especially Venice) and Antarctica. Her trip to Antarctica was with The Hotchkiss School, where she attended high school. With glaciers, jellyfish sightings, swimming in near-freezing water and lectures on birds, the ocean, rocks and marine life, the adventure left a lasting impression on Schechter.“That [trip] was pretty spectacular. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” she said.