There are good jobs.....

[patgund]

And then there's this. Journalism Internship on Molokai, where you're lead reporter, copyeditor, lead photographer, and lead designer.

Job Bank: Journalism Internship - Molokai, Hawaii, Kaunakakai

Pay: $40.00 a week for food.
Time: 40-50 hours a week.
Requirements: BA in journalism, Mac/PC literate, 5-6 month commitment, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign.
Employer provides: Car or moped, shared room with other intern
Employee provides own: Laptop computer, Camera, recommends that employee also provide own voice recorder, cell phone, hiking, camping, riding, and/or beach gear.

Comments

[loli-cat.livejournal.com]

Before I got down to 'employer provides' I was thinking WTF, do they expect you to live on the beach or something?? Even so, $40/wk for food is nothing special...unless you wanted to lose weight! ^_^

[loli-cat.livejournal.com]

After reading the actual listing I'm wondering: are journalism grads so DESPARATE for experience that they need to do this?!??

Grim...

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

I did two semester-long internships for no pay at all. Note that the employer provides room and transportation.

This sounds like a really nifty half-year for a young person before he buckles down to the "real" world of journalism. The whole idea of a stretch of Hawaii between the intense time before college graduation and the new intense time of getting and keeping an entry-level journalism job sounds like excellent therapy indeed.