By Mallory Rubin

Kobylarz, the other MLB.com intern for each team and the MLB.com beat writer for each team are responsible for producing five pieces of content per game, Kobylarz said. Kobylarz said she writes something at least once a day. In addition to covering games, she covers extra events such as player appearances. The amount of hands-on experience she is getting covering two professional teams for a major media outlet is invaluable.

"You can't ask for better experience," Kobylarz said. "I know some people do a lot of research and fact-checking and stuff, but I get to write something everyday, or at least I could be writing something every day. The experience is definitely the highlight and the hallmark of the internship."

Kobylarz said the time she spent at The Chronicle taught her a lot about journalism and helped prepare her for this internship. She began writing for the news and sports sections of the paper her freshman year before committing herself fully to sports. As a sophomore she was an associate sports editor and as a junior she was a senior associate sports editor.

"It really broke me in and got me to learn how to approach things," Kobylarz said. "The way Duke is, you have such big teams, the athletics are huge. Covering the Duke basketball team, you're sitting there with writers from major media outlets, you're covering the same thing that people from across the country want to cover, so you have to step up."

Kobylarz feels her time as a collegiate journalist appropriately prepared her for the MLB.com job.

Though she plans on pursuing a writing career, Kobylarz is earning her secondary English teaching certification from Duke. Teaching has always appealed to Kobylarz, whose parents are both educators. As long as she is working with people, Kobylarz will be happy. Her dream job would involve writing and working with others, but she does not have a specific plan.

"I'm pretty open," Kobylarz said. "I really just like the idea of being that medium of communication for people."

By covering sports, Kobylarz is able to pair two of her greatest passions: writing and athletics. Kobylarz is an athlete herself. She grew up swimming and playing softball and soccer. She was a member of the rowing team as a freshman at Duke and eventually joined the school's Ultimate Frisbee team. She has also run a half-marathon and competed in a triathlon.

"When you've been out there, you get into it no matter what the sport is," Kobylarz said. "You know what it's like to be part of the team and it's something that interests you. I think being around it from this side of it makes it interesting, it makes you want to be a part of it still."

Despite that desire to be a part of the game, Kobylarz always maintains a professional air.

"As a journalist, you can't be a fan, you have to be objective," Kobylarz said. "You're not cheering for the team, you're making sure you're getting the full story and you're making sure you're getting the right perspective on things instead of being a cheerleader."