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Thanks, Ernie, for your thoughtful essay on your own career path. I also count myself among the lucky ones who were able to make things work (in my case, with an unpaid internship). But we know so many others haven’t been as fortunate. 

You can find our Kickstarter here: http://kck.st/12lT6bH

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, explaining why he asserted in March that the NSA was not gathering data on millions of Americans in an interview with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell.  (via officialssay)

If by no, you meant yes.

journosofcolor via ShortFormBlog. 

News flash: Just today, a federal judge sided with two unpaid interns, ruling that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated minimum wage laws by not paying them for their production work on the film ‘Black Swan.’ The judge said the interns were essentially regular employees and “called for following criteria that the Department of Labor has laid out for unpaid internships,” per the New York Times.

ProPublica is looking into this very issue — for unpaid interns who are exploited, and for those who are excluded entirely — and we need your help. If you have been an unpaid intern, we want to hear from you! You can share your story with us here. We know this is a sensitive subject, and we won’t share your personal information.

We are also running a kickstarter campaign to hire an intern to help us investigate unpaid internships. We have 15 days to raise more than $15,000, a goal we can surely achieve with your help.

So please, consider a donation. And if nothing else, share this post. Every story counts. Thank you!!

ProPublica launches Kickstarter campaign to hire intern to report on internships; or what economy? | MobyLives

Well said!