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Welcome to the Informal Economy
It’s graduation season, and while commencement speakers encourage graduates to work hard and pursue their dreams, most new grads are worried about finding a decent job. All their professors can suggest is that students use internships to gain valuable work … Continue reading
Education, Business, and Perpetuating the Class Hierarchy
In our last blog, we noted the increasing absence of working-class writers from the Journalism profession, due in part to the proliferation of the unpaid internship as the requisite for a career in the field. While the financial consequences of … Continue reading
Posted in Class and Education, Contributors, Issues
Tagged Education, internships, Journalism, STEM education, working-class students
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The Costs of Becoming a Journalist
A report by the British Cabinet Office released this summer offers stark evidence of the disappearance of the working class from the journalism profession, and the study offers some relevant observations for American media as well. The report, Unleashing Aspirations, … Continue reading
Posted in Class and the Media, Contributors, Issues
Tagged Education, internships, Journalism, Youngstown State University
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