This is what happens when you have an industry (high-minded literary journalism magazines) that doesn't make any money yet appeals to j-school kids due to its perceived glamor and easy workload.
Believe me, we all dream of being given 3 months to write a 5,000 word articles on shit like eccentric Mongolian geniuses and rare goat cheese. All while spending our nights drinking expensive scotch and wearing lots of argyle/corduroy.
Surprising...if they expect 40 hours a week, you would think that an established media outlet like the Atlantic would use journalism internship programs that have grants, so that the actual intern can eat while they serve the overlords.
Perhaps someone can suggest that to the 'intern' applicant- just google internship journalism and grants....many different opportunities there.
i'm confused... andrew sullivan is not actually mentioned anywhere in the email correspondence. does he have anything to do with this or is the tipster just being colorful in his description of the job. (i shudder to think what actual "andrew sullivan servitude" would entail.)
in fact, the original job description is not posted at all. i would be interesting to see what it actually is!
Anyone who uses the word wiggle should be sold directly into slavery. And not the fun version of slavery where you lay around with other ladies on pillows, but the bone-crushing sort of slavery, like in Heart of Darkness.
05/20/09
05/20/09
And for that reason they got beef with the Sarah Lawrence faculty.
05/20/09
05/20/09
that list! And, it's an e-mail round-table! How do I get in on this?
12/12/08
Believe me, we all dream of being given 3 months to write a 5,000 word articles on shit like eccentric Mongolian geniuses and rare goat cheese. All while spending our nights drinking expensive scotch and wearing lots of argyle/corduroy.
12/12/08
12/12/08
I guess maybe Mr.InBetween and i could add up to one deluded intern or something.
12/12/08
Help is on the way!
12/12/08
Perhaps someone can suggest that to the 'intern' applicant- just google internship journalism and grants....many different opportunities there.
12/12/08
Malcolm Gladwell's article last week in the NYer about "gatekeepers" seems relevant here.
12/12/08
12/12/08
I sure hope for his sake that "Bobby" is a pseudonym.
12/12/08
12/12/08
in fact, the original job description is not posted at all. i would be interesting to see what it actually is!
12/12/08
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12/12/08
BTW, I think this is also the solution to the MTA's woes.
12/12/08