{"id":17693,"date":"2021-07-19T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17693"},"modified":"2021-06-22T12:35:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T16:35:48","slug":"my-vegetarian-resource-group-internship-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/my-vegetarian-resource-group-internship-5\/","title":{"rendered":"MY VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP INTERNSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Shantika Bhat, VRG Intern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the midst of the pandemic and isolation, I was looking\nfor something new to dive into. I was applying for scholarships, stumbled upon The\nVegetarian Resource Group, and was offered the opportunity to be an intern. I\nwas excited to try something new and develop new networking connections. I also\nhad many goals in my mind including learning to write better, which I knew I\ncould accomplish by interning. I am extremely thankful for my time at The\nVegetarian Resource Group. I learned much valuable writing, interviewing, and\nrecipe developing skills. I appreciated how this internship was able to use my\npassions for science, ethics, and diet and apply them to the articles I wrote\nover my time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first topics for articles were about food and\nrestaurants. I did a restaurant review on Gangster Vegan Organics and got to\ndiscover a great vegan place in my city of Baltimore, Maryland. I wrote two\nvegan recipes about dishes that I make frequently: Dal Fry and Open Tofu\nSandwich. These were really fun to develop and write-up because I love to cook\nand seeing people try to prepare my dishes gives me a sense of fulfillment. My\nnew goal is to try to continue writing up recipes I prepare so that I can\nalways look back at the dishes I recreated and replicate them. Also, I helped\nto write entries for the VRG online USA\/Canada restaurant guide<\/a>. I was able to\ncontinue practicing my writing skills but also learn how to produce concise\ninformation. It was amazing to get to learn about a variety of vegan\nrestaurants throughout the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I helped to review two condiments for the Veggie Bits\ncolumn in Vegetarian Journal<\/em>: True\nMade Foods\u2019 Veggie Ketchup and Mighty Sesame Harissa\u2019s Tahini. It was really\nfun learning how to describe condiments to the fitted audience. I loved\nlearning about these two condiments and making food with them. I challenged\nmyself to incorporate them into my own cooking as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wrote a scientific article review about the correlation\nbetween different diets and strokes. I had a good time connecting with Dr. Reed\nMangels, as well as learning the ways to read an article and pick out important\ninformation. I plan to use these skills when I go off to Johns Hopkins\nUniversity in the upcoming fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later I started to interview professionals about their\ncareers and opinions about topics such as the medical field, patient care,\nadvising, and diets. I learned a lot of skills doing these projects because I\nhad to brainstorm questions and write-up what I learned from the answers. One\nlesson I learned from interviews is that the answer and topics you expect to\nwrite about may not always be what you get and so you have to be flexible with\nwhat direction the interview goes. I interviewed Dr. Lavine (a retired\nophthalmologist) about the promotion of healthy diets and the medical system. I\nalso interviewed Cathy Conway (a registered dietitian who works with\ndevelopmentally disabled adults) about patient-centered care. It was really\namazing connecting to these professionals and learning something new. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I worked with another intern on writing an Intern Catch-Up\nfor the VRG\u2019s upcoming 40th anniversary in 2022. It was challenging trying to\nfind people and their contact information but, I had a lot of fun collaborating\nwith my peers. I received a lot of advice from the past interns, which was nice\nas well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the last pieces I wrote was a blog post about the\nhigh school ethics bowl in which I participated. The topic was factory farming\nor also known as a concentrated animal feeding operation. I discovered how\ndifferent terms can be biased. I hope people can learn about bias and check the\nterms they use and what they mean to people with different points of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I learned a lot about writing and making\nconnections as an interviewer. I plan to continue to stay connected to The\nVegetarian Resource Group and hopefully attend in-person events in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shantika is an entering student at Johns Hopkins\nUniversity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For information about The Vegetarian Resource Group internships, see https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support The Vegetarian Resource Group internships, donate at www.vrg.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or join The Vegetarian Resource Group at https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/2013sv.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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