A huge part of the success of the Gorham Times over the past 20 plus years is its focus on the community and students. Without our current and past student interns, we would not be able to deliver all the news, especially school related articles, to Gorham as fully as we have been able to. We can not thank our interns enough for their hard work and dedication to the paper. If you see any of these students around town, please thank them.
Photo credit Cathie FallonaMary DeWitt
Mary DeWitt is a freshman at GHS. This is her first year as an intern for the Gorham Times. She attended the Writing the Big City class at the School of the New York Times this past summer. DeWitt plays soccer and lacrosse. She wanted to be an intern because she really enjoys writing and has an interest in being a journalist in the future.
Photo credit Sydney HaskellBrooke Guimond
Brooke Guimond is a freshman at GHS, and this is her first year as an intern. She plays ice hockey and participates in the yearbook club. Guimond wanted to intern for the Gorham Times because she is very interested in pursuing a career in journalism and wanted to get some local experience.
Photo credit Rachel FlynnGrace Flynn
Grace Flynn is a sophomore at GHS and this is her first year as an intern. She is a member of GHS’s student council, a coach for the Girls on the Run program at Village, a volunteer with the Maine Youth Court, and a member of the Maine Youth Court Advisory Council. Flynn is also competing at the Poetry Out Loud competition at GHS this year and is an ambassador for the School of the New York Times. She’s been interested in writing and storytelling for as long as she can remember and wanted to be an intern for the Gorham Times because recording the experiences of real people is one of the most valuable forms of storytelling. Flynn was introduced to journalism through the Writing the Big City class at the School of the New York Times this past summer. Her experiences there sparked her interest in journalism and she saw interning at the Gorham Times as a fantastic opportunity to follow that interest.
Photo courtesy of Lydia ValentineLydia Valentine
Lydia Valentine is a junior at GHS. She wrote her first piece for the Gorham Times in fifth grade and has been an intern for the paper ever since. Other than writing for the Gorham Times, Valentine likes spending her time running with the cross country and track teams. She was a captain this past season and is looking forward to the rest of this year. She is also a member of student council, yearbook, and The Spill, the GHS literary magazine. Additionally, she writes for Maine Public and a photo of hers was recently published in the New York Times for a photojournalism contest. At first, Valentine wanted to intern for the Gorham Times because it seemed like a fun way to get her Silver Award for Girl Scouts. As the years went on, she realized that she enjoyed journalism and decided to pursue it as a career. She believes that the Gorham Times is the perfect way to grow her experience.
Photo credit Nicole Richman, Sol-to-Soul PhotographyErin Wentworth
Erin Wentworth is a senior at GHS and this is her third year as an intern for the Gorham Times. She is also the treasurer of GHS’s Student Council and is a member of the National Honor Society. Wentworth plays the flute, piccolo, and saxophone at school, and the flute in the Portland Youth Wind Ensemble and the Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra. She wanted to intern for the Gorham Times so that she could keep the community up-to-date with what’s going on at GHS and to have a chance to write for some purpose other than school.