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The Story Of The Pooping Intern
Last week we floated an absolutely delicious rumor—the sort of inside media gossip that we hope to be known for when future generations are considering our legacy. Specifically, it was the story of the crazy pooping intern. A summer intern at one of the networks, we heard, went on an on-the-job pooping spree, but somehow stayed on and continued her internship through the rest of the summer. Tips have poured in, and it's become clear this is the story of your worst at-work nightmare come to life. Here's how one locked toilet at NBC caused a disaster: More »
long goodbyes
Departing Intern Would Like to Discuss "the Nature and Merits of Public Service in America" With You
Ah, the Congressional internship. Stepping-stone to a lifetime of tireless public service, or just entitled whining and constant intoxication paired with exponentially growing cynicism about the entire process. Fun! We just obtained an email from an outgoing summer intern at a Senate office that, in the words of our tipster, is "comparable only with Washington's Farewell Address." It is a "gentle reminder" that today will be this young go-getters last day at the office. It goes on to explain "the nature of democracy" and features the phrase "the noblest self-disclosure." The young intern sent the email to everyone in the damn office, of course. "Dear colleagues and respected staff members," it begins, ominously... More »
Newspaper Interns Get Good Advice
"My editor said that she can't, with a good conscience, tell us to go into the newspaper business." [NYO]
"My editor said that she can't, with a good conscience, tell us to go into the newspaper business." [NYO]
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As Intern, Kurt Cobain's Daughter Considered A Bit Too Punk Rock
Did you know Frances Bean Cobain, Kurt's surprisingly well-adjusted daughter, is a "summer aide" at Rolling Stone? She is! Also, she's wayyy too rock and roll for the anal-retentive offices of the Wenner title. Insiders bitched to Page Six, "she doesn't get coffee for anyone . . . calls in sick all the time and wears funny outfits." First of all? She's 15. And second? Something tells me Evan Springsteen, Max Spielberg and Gus Wenner weren't fetching too many lattes last summer, either. Anyway, here are some conversation tips, courtesy a February article in People, in case she comes to collect your drink order: More »
work is 'elle'
Elle Castigates Their Lazy Interns
You might think interning under a coal-hearted Elle editor would be totally fun—long days discussing the Hills really loudly in the office and verbally abusing "freelancer Caragh"! But you'd be so so wrong. Three weeks ago interns received an acerbic 5-point 710-word missive, sent from a BlackBerry! Look guys, Elle's Accessories editor Nina Sterghiou is a "big fan of rewarding people for good work, and giving them more responsibility + interesting tasks, but so far no one has proven themselves capable of handling the basics." And also, Merry Christmas, bitches! More »
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Montel Williams: Newspaper Interns Are Dangerous, Must Be Eliminated
Over the weekend, multiple sclerosis victim and talkshow host Montel Williams threatened a teenage newspaper intern who asked him a question at a press event. "Don't look at me like that," he said to her. "Do you know who I am? I'm a big star, and I can look you up, find where you live and blow you up." On the next "Montel Williams Show"—"Former U.S. Naval Officers Behaving Badly: What to do when your child is threatened by crazy men with expert tactical ordnance deployment."
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Bravo Intern Chris Ultimo Is the Next Roman Coppola!
It seems young Spike Carter, who removed his college video project from his website yesterday evening, is not the only talented Emerson College student out there who kind of knows how to use Final Cut Pro! Bravo TV intern and Jersey native son Chris Ultimo recently made a video he made for the network's Intern Blog. It makes us like Spike Carter a lot more, even if he is the son of a famous man. Be warned: You'll never get these three minutes of your life back.
"What surprised me the most about Teen Vogue is how many people must work together to create the whole magazine. There are some people who go through and edit every single detail to make sure it is true and there are others who plan events that surround the magazine." Didn't she watch the first season of The Hills? [Behind the Seams/Teen Vogue]
nightmare interns
James Kurisunkal's "Aw Shucks" Persona Is So Patently False
"Over a poulet de grain rôti at La Goulue, on Madison Avenue, he added: 'I'd always loved New York and felt like I knew it, but I'd never actually been here. My main exposure to it came from 'Sex and the City' and 'Friends.' " That's parkavenuepeerage.com blogger and New York magazine fact-checking intern James Kurisunkal, batting his lashes at the Times today. But is he really a hayseed who knows nothing about NYC that he didn't glean from Carrie and Rachel? More »
A Teen Vogue intern intones: "[F]irst impressions are everything! I recommend wearing heels whenever possible. (I'm currently obsessed with my camel suede and gold metallic leather sandals from Jimmy Choo.)" Somehow we don't think she bought those on her intern salary. [Teen Vogue]
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Gus Wenner. (Following in some footsteps.)
Evan Springsteen.
Max Spielberg.
Either Cydney, Caley, or Emily (daughter-of-Chevy) Chase.
Bernie Taupin's step-daughter. Thank God they didn't get their claws on that nice Elizabeth Hanks.
An Incomplete List Of This Year's Crop Of 'Rolling Stone' Interns
Can you help us finalize this very imperfect list?
Joanne Lipman's secret editorial plan to save Conde Nast Portfolio from the crisis that she doesn't yet know that it's totally in: Unpaid 36-hour-a-week college internships for researcher-bloggers. HAHA. NO. We'd laugh if it wasn't so sad that a bunch of talented people gave up other jobs to go work for the right magazine at the right time run by entirely the wrong crazy person. [Craigslist]
Atoosa Rubenstein's New Whatever-It-Is Needs Your Free Labor!
Everyone's fave former magazine editor turned MySpace cult leader (today: her relationship with God!) is looking for an intern. Do you have what it takes to get a "stipend" from the 'Toos?
Everyone's fave former magazine editor turned MySpace cult leader (today: her relationship with God!) is looking for an intern. Do you have what it takes to get a "stipend" from the 'Toos?
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Eric Hielscher, Google Intern, Makes It In New York
Former Minnesotan, total vegetarian, and current Google intern Eric Hielscher has been at his job for a couple weeks now, and he's been blogging about his experiences moving to New York and starting a new job. He met "a nice ex-Puerto Rican (lots of them in NY)" who helped him move! It's a familiar tale, to be sure, but one that is getting played out in the way that only an intern for one of the richest companies in the world, who grew up in an 800-person town in the Midwest, can play it. More »
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The New Crop Of Interns Is Bored
What's with these summer interns lately? Either they're overworked and underpaid and complaining about it, or underworked and underpaid and complaining about it. Is no one ever happy? Today on Poynter, an intern writes in to the "Ask a Recruiter" feature because s/he's bored to tears at their "do-nothing" internship. And over on the Ed2010 message board, someone complains, "I have two internships with the same publisher and both have immense amounts of downtime. I spend 40 hrs a week there and get 5 hours of work each week if I'm lucky. Everytime I ask editors or assts for work they apologize and say they have nothing for me, not even a photocopy." Oh, boo hoo! Just wait until you're working your ass off for a horrible boss who makes you stay until all hours and asks you to pick up their dry cleaning. Not that we're thinking of anyone in particular.
Quit My Do-Nothing Internship? [Poynter]
Need Advice—Since When Do Editors Have No Work For Interns? [Ed2010]
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'BusinessWeek' MBA Student Still Has A Lot To Learn
Rachael Klein is a member of Georgetown's MBA class of 2008, and in her year of business school, she has learned quite a lot. "I am informed. In a few (and I mean a very few) cases, I am informed, more so than my PhD mother, MD father, and CPA grandfather. I know more about (a very few) certain things now than they do. I am pursuing information in a field that is beyond informed common knowledge." Congratulations, Rachael! But as she heads into her New York City ("the City") summer internship, there are a few areas in which, Rachael admits, her knowledge is still lacking. "Will my suit be the wrong color? Do East Coast professionals wear black in the summer? Do women wear bright colors to a bank? Are they going to ask me to figure out how to calculate arbitrage with bonds (something we learned but I need to "review," to say the least)? How do I prepare? Oh, and are white shoes a screaming faux pas?" We don't know about the white shoes, Rache, but being a pompous little know-it-all twit is generally frowned upon.One Intern: Informed And Insecure [BusinessWeek]
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