(De)valuing Intern Labour: Journalism Internship Pay Rates and Collective Representation in Canada

(De)valuing Intern Labour: Journalism Internship Pay Rates and Collective Representation in Canada

Unpaid journalism internships have attracted increasing media coverage, but they have received limited scholarly attention. This paper traces the connections between trade unions (in unionized media organizations) and the labour conditions marking journalism internships. While some unions can be com...

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Main Author: Errol Salamon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group 2015-09-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
Subjects:
low-paid internships
interns
journalism labour
unions
exploitation
precarity
newspaper crisis
political economy
Canada
Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/573

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