Comments on: Intern season at the Gazette http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/05/29/intern-season-at-the-gazette/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:53:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ty Snaden http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/05/29/intern-season-at-the-gazette/comment-page-1/#comment-49963 Ty Snaden Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:44:52 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1820#comment-49963 could someone please post the link for this upcoming year's application page? Thank you. could someone please post the link for this upcoming year’s application page?
Thank you.

]]> By: Roberto Rocha http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/05/29/intern-season-at-the-gazette/comment-page-1/#comment-32534 Roberto Rocha Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:23:56 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1820#comment-32534 A little late here, but to respond to Guillaume: yes, there have been a few McGill interns. I was one of them. And a quick look at The McGill Daily's About Us page will reveal a few others: Mike Boone, Montreal Gazette columnist Josh Freed, Montreal Gazette columnist Irwin Block, Montreal Gazette reporter Linda Gyulai, Montreal Gazette reporter Mark Lepage, Montreal Gazette reporter Charles Shannon, Montreal Gazette editor Andrew Phillips, editor-in-chief, The Montreal Gazette http://www.mcgilldaily.com/aboutus A little late here, but to respond to Guillaume: yes, there have been a few McGill interns. I was one of them. And a quick look at The McGill Daily’s About Us page will reveal a few others:

Mike Boone, Montreal Gazette columnist
Josh Freed, Montreal Gazette columnist
Irwin Block, Montreal Gazette reporter
Linda Gyulai, Montreal Gazette reporter
Mark Lepage, Montreal Gazette reporter
Charles Shannon, Montreal Gazette editor
Andrew Phillips, editor-in-chief, The Montreal Gazette

http://www.mcgilldaily.com/aboutus

]]> By: Kate Savage http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/05/29/intern-season-at-the-gazette/comment-page-1/#comment-31575 Kate Savage Fri, 30 May 2008 05:34:56 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1820#comment-31575 So typical. I started out at a community newspaper in NS, and moved on to PR and NGOs. Hmm. What was that you said about crack? So typical. I started out at a community newspaper in NS, and moved on to PR and NGOs. Hmm.

What was that you said about crack?

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/05/29/intern-season-at-the-gazette/comment-page-1/#comment-31554 Fagstein Fri, 30 May 2008 03:06:46 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1820#comment-31554 I don't have the exact figures in front of me, but according to the contract, they're paid 80% of a regular starting salary, which works out to about $20 an hour, times 35 hours a week, times about 15 weeks. Better than most internships, but you're expected to work hard. I don’t have the exact figures in front of me, but according to the contract, they’re paid 80% of a regular starting salary, which works out to about $20 an hour, times 35 hours a week, times about 15 weeks.

Better than most internships, but you’re expected to work hard.

]]> By: Dupuis http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/05/29/intern-season-at-the-gazette/comment-page-1/#comment-31502 Dupuis Thu, 29 May 2008 22:13:01 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1820#comment-31502 How much do the internships pay? How much do the internships pay?

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/05/29/intern-season-at-the-gazette/comment-page-1/#comment-31479 Fagstein Thu, 29 May 2008 19:48:59 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1820#comment-31479 I can only guess really, but: - the French papers pay more, and there are more of them - the internship isn't advertised to the French universities - it's still an anglo job, even if it requires functional French - the SSJB won't allow them to apply I can only guess really, but:

- the French papers pay more, and there are more of them
- the internship isn’t advertised to the French universities
- it’s still an anglo job, even if it requires functional French
- the SSJB won’t allow them to apply

]]> By: Josh http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/05/29/intern-season-at-the-gazette/comment-page-1/#comment-31472 Josh Thu, 29 May 2008 19:01:14 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1820#comment-31472 And following up on Guillaume's point: Why no one from the French universities? And following up on Guillaume’s point: Why no one from the French universities?

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/05/29/intern-season-at-the-gazette/comment-page-1/#comment-31439 Fagstein Thu, 29 May 2008 14:44:50 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1820#comment-31439 McGill doesn't have a journalism department, so it's pretty rare that it happens. McGill doesn’t have a journalism department, so it’s pretty rare that it happens.

]]> By: Guillaume Theoret http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/05/29/intern-season-at-the-gazette/comment-page-1/#comment-31432 Guillaume Theoret Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:27 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1820#comment-31432 McGill students never get in? McGill students never get in?

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