But Do Columbia J-Schoolers Do Windows?
Sometimes, we get a little ashamed of ourselves that we have only a bachelor's degree. Sometimes, we find ourselves wishing just a little bit that we had an Ivy League degree. Sometimes, we think it'd be nice to have a real job at a real media organization, from which we got employer-paid health and dental, and sick days, and maybe even a Town Car home every now and then. And sometimes we think we probably could have accomplished all these things if we'd just gone to Columbia Journalism School.
But sometimes we see ads like this one, posted to the j-school's JobNews newsletter:
Intern to national magazine writer. Rolling Stone Magazine writer and Columbia J-School grad ('92) is looking for an intern to assist with office duties, research, and (when needed) interview transcription. Ideal candidate will be a smart, extremely detail-oriented and organized person who is interested in magazine journalism, and wants to learn. This is an unpaid internship with a writer on contract for Rolling Stone — not a Rolling Stone internship — and there is no writing involved. Duties will be consist largely of general office work (I have a home office in Brooklyn that needs to be fully re-arranged and re-organized), but depending on a person's skills, there could be opportunities to assist me with reporting and research. Internship would be approximately 8 hours per week (days/hours flexible), at my office in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Interested candidates can email Janet Reitman: xxxx@earthlink.net
And then suddenly we're really glad we didn't spend the $55,000 it costs to become Janet Reitman's Ivy League housekeeper.
