How to make the most out of being a journalism intern
Internships are widely derided as being a source of exploitation and way of ensuring only those who can afford to…
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Independent advertises 11-week unpaid work placement
The Independent is advertising for an 11-week internship on its website. Independent Digital is offering the opportunity to university undergraduates…
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Free bloggers – work experience or exploitation?
Press Gazette invited journalism student Carolina Are (currently on an unpaid two-week work experience placement) to explore the contentious issue…
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Advertising for unpaid interns should be made illegal, says NUJ
The National Union of Journalists has called for adverts for unpaid internships to be outlawed. General secretary Michelle Stanistreet told…
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It’s widely accepted that as inexperienced journalists we need to put up with the less glamorous of tasks until we…
ByGreenslade on working-class journalists
Here’s a debate that strikes particularly close to the bone: Can working-class school-leavers get jobs in journalism? I’ve just finished…
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