Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

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Firing Squad: The unpaid internship or how I learned to lose self-respect

When I tell people I intern at Pitchfork Media, I try to tell them it’s not a big deal. And really, it’s, not.

But to anyone who has ever heard of Pitchfork, the music critic giants responsible for many an indie band’s success (or failure), it is a big deal. Or, at least, it sounds like one.

Never mind that I sit in a fold-up chair at a dirty keyboard for six hours in dead silence as I instant message my boss from ten feet away

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