The Huffington Post’s internship auction calls attention to the fairness of hiring unpaid interns. Academic and otherwise free internships can take advantage of students and impose unfair selection criteria.

Handling rejection in your search for a news internship

Because internships are 10- to 12-week positions, few media companies go to the expense of bringing in candidates for interviews. If the newsroom is interested in a distant candidate, it may ask for a telephone or video interview on Skype or iChat.

Imagine this: Pretend there are no internships. None. They don’t exist anymore. What would you do instead?

Dreams don’t come true if you stay asleep. You have to make things happen.