A Day in the Life: Senior Isabel Campanelli

Today’s “A Day in the Life” profiles senior Communication Studies major Isabel Campanelli.  Isabel interns 18 hours per week on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays at Storefront Political Media in downtown SF.  In addition, according to Isabel, “I’ve been doing some email correspondence and some social media work for Val Cunningham who’s a dance teacher and stylist (Thanks to Addysen for getting us in contact!).”  Here’s A Day in the Life of Isabel: February 2, 2011. 

9:00 Alarm goes off and I press the snooze button a couple times before I get out of bed.

9:15 Read some emails and check Facebook before I brush my teeth and jump in the shower.

9:40 Toss my hair up in a bun, put on some make up, and decide on an outfit.

10:15 Quickly eat a bowl of granola and yogurt and run out the door and walk a block to the bus stop.

10:25 Get to the bus stop and wait 4 minutes for the 38L to come.

10:30 I catch up on the reading for my Modern Middle East class tonight.

 11:00 Get off at the O’Farrell St & Grant Ave stop and walk into my favorite little café called café Madeleine to get my morning cup of coffee to start the day.

11:05 I walk up 2 ½ blocks to Sutter St @ Grant Ave to my internship at Storefront Political Media; a political consulting firm which provides general consulting and campaign management. We create and produce television and radio advertising, direct mail, websites, email broadcast campaigns and online advertising.  I’m on the social media team that is working on Phil Ting’s campaign for the upcoming Mayoral elections in November. Each day is different at Storefront and my jobs change frequently; I do a lot of research of new social media outlets and I’m helping to spread the word about Reset San Francisco http://www.resetsanfrancisco.org/  which is an online community giving San Franciscans a greater voice in shaping city policy.

Senior Communication Studies major Isabel Campanelli

11:30 settling in: I check my emails, read top news on Mashable and SF Gate, then I talk to my boss about the day’s agenda.

12:00 I start on research, make a phone call, wait for the email of the information I requested, and send to my boss.

12:40 Throughout the day I constantly check and comment on Phil Ting’s Facebook, Twitter, Quora, and Reset San Francisco pages to post about his upcoming event and ‘Like’ his new posts.

Isabel's workspace at Storefront Political Media

12:45 Off to grab lunch at a hole in the wall Chinese restaurant I stumble upon and try to get though the dense reading for tonight’s class.

1:25 Back to the office start checking emails. Decide on the logo I like best for Phil Ting’s “Food for Thought” brunch on February 26^th! Register for FREE here http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1240395055/efbnen

2:00 Got a research project from Sophie, another intern, which consisted of me doing research online to get information about politicians.

3:05 Going into a meeting where all the Reset San Francisco interns got to meet each other and talk about what we want to accomplish.

4:15 Out of the meeting. Said goodbyes and off to the bus stop on my way home.

5:07 Arrive at my apartment, do dishes, take out the trash, and I continue on my research of politicians. All at the same time as reading/respond to emails from a professor, and watch the the news about Egypt so I can be prepared for conversations in tonight’s class.

6:07 Make a quick snack of apples and peanut butter before class.

6:22 Start walking to my Middle East class on Loan Mountain.

8:20 Arrive home, make dinner hang with roommate and her boyfriend, watch tv, check favorite fashion/art blogs, Facebook, and LinkedIn accounts.

9:30 Write emails for Val while lounging on my couch with my roommate laughing and talking.

10:00 Send the rest of the research I did to Sophie.

10:10 Start reading for next day’s class, Rhetorical Criticism.

 12:00 Make tea and go to bed.

Thanks, Isabel, for taking us through your busy day!  I’m so impressed with our students, aren’t you?  Want to be involved in “A Day in the Life” post?  E-mail me at edoohan@usfca.edu to participate.