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To play devil's advocate, an intern with a Pulitzer (or similarly prestigious award) on their resume is going to have a lot of job opportunities.
by aggie 8y ago
To play devil's advocate, an intern with a Pulitzer (or similarly prestigious award) on their resume is going to have a lot of job opportunities.
- tsunamifury 8y agoYou’d be surprised how dire the situation is in most newsrooms, and how petty the competition is.
- godzillabrennus 8y agoIf your head hasn’t been in the ground for the last twenty years you should have an idea on how bad the business is. Here is a recent article about the situation if indeed your head is below ground: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-news-041152018-story.html http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-news-041...
- smichel17 8y agoI found this comment fairly condescending and presumptuous. Not everyone has the time and ability to follow everything. That doesn't mean their "head is below the ground." Twenty years ago, I was an infant.
- georgebarnett 8y agoIts not just newsrooms. Many teams allow internal politiking to take precedence over working together. As a result, they're at war with themselves _and_ trying to compete in the market for customers. As you might imagine, teams which do not have this conflict have substantially more time to focus on their customers.
- jrockway 8y agoAn intern whose work won the Pulitzer but wasn't listed on the byline is probably not going to want to work for you again, for fear of that happening again. It goes both ways.
- kabacha 8y agoUnfortunately it's accepted in the industry not to get bilines while you're an internet or a new guy, so I'm sure interns don't have any expectations because of this culture.
- rdlecler1 8y agoWhich is exactly why you’re going to attract better intern candidates.