MyRye.com welcomes college and high school interns from the City of Rye throughout the year. One of our interns in the summer of 2025 was Caitlin Rubsamen, currently a senior at Gettysburg College. She completed this Q&A interview with us at the conclusion of her internship.
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Your Name: Caitlin Rubsamen
Your Title: MyRye.com intern
MyRye.com: What appealed to you about local journalism and the MyRye.com internship?
Rubsamen: I previously had the opportunity to cover journalism from a state and national perspective. The MyRye.com internship appealed to me in large part because it would give me the opportunity and experience of covering local news, getting consistent feedback from editors, and allowing me to practice pitching and working with others on a daily basis.
Describe a typical day during your internship.
Rubsamen: During my internship, I would be given assignments on our daily stand-up calls which occurred either on zoom or in person. Then, I would send emails, visit stores in person, and attend events depending on what my assignments were to capture footage and get quotes.
Tell us about one or two of your assignments.
Rubsamen: One of the assignments I was working on all summer was a Meet the Coaches feature series with Rye High School. This assignment had me contacting all of the various head coaches and assistant coaches within Rye High School to submit a form with responses to various questions regarding how long they have been at RHS, their original involvement in the sport, what being a Rye student athlete means, etc..
In this assignment, I learned how to contact sources, edit articles, and saw how to prepare stories to go live. This assignment came with several challenges, as many coaches were away over the summer, so getting photographs and additional information from many coaches proved to be challenging in some scenarios, but overall, I enjoyed learning how to cover sports from a new perspective with this assignment.
[See: Coaching Rye: Ex-Quinnipiac Athlete Valerie Perkins Leads Rye High School Field Hockey Team]
What happens at the daily stand-up meeting?
Rubsamen: At each daily stand-up meeting, each intern would go around and share any updates they had on current assignments and then Jay would share any additional news or assignments that would need to be covered. The stand-up meetings also allowed for interns to offer advice to one another as well as work with each other on their assignments.
The MyRye.com interns heard from various guest speakers, all with connections to local media. What were three of the more interesting things you learned?
Rubsamen:
- When we spoke to Ethan Sears, the Islanders beat writer for the New York Post, I learned about the value of remaining impartial and that when working in sports journalism, it’s often better to not be a fan of the team you cover in order to maintain your journalistic integrity.
- Larry Kramer taught me the importance of putting oneself out there when starting out as a journalist and committing to whatever task or assignment you are given because you never know where it could take you.
- After speaking to Larry Kramer, I also learned about leadership and managerial skills when running a paper and trying to find a balance of if what would be going to print serves a true purpose to report to the public or not, and to ensure you are remaining true to one’s ethics.
Rubsamen: This fall, I will be a senior at Gettysburg College.
Will you continue to study writing, English or journalism as part of your academic and extracurricular activities?
Rubsamen: While at Gettysburg, I have been studying sports communications, specifically with a concentration in sports journalism. The previous three years, I have worked within the Athletic Communications Department at Gettysburg as well as for the college’s Ice Hockey team to assist in the coverage of games.
Additionally, this fall I have assumed the position of Sports Editor for The Gettysburgian, the student run college magazine and newspaper. Here I will manage a staff of about five writers who cover collegiate athletics at the college.
Thanks Caitlin!
