Just last week, we asked readers: “Given everything that we know about unpaid internships, is this practice fair now? Was it ever? And who is excluded from the industry because of it?”
Guess we should now update the question: “And what of the intern-pays-to-be-an-intern-internship?” Per Ad Age: “Someone Bids $13,000 for Huffington Post Internship. Why Settle for Free Content When Journalists Will Pay You?”
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unpaid and, for that matter, pay-to-play internships like the nonsense over at the huff post shut out low income and minority journalist. most of these people have student loans or responsibilities that cannot wait. there is also the problem of getting to wherever the internship is located and finding the money to live there. many low income and minority students don't have parents who can pay their way.
#1 Posted by fbailey, CJR on Thu 14 May 2009 at 04:40 PM