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Employment

Blatant need for free labor

This new blog: SalaryTK: The job board for journalists who don't want to get paid.

Journalism is imploding at the same time as the economy. It's a field that has always relied on free labor from "interns," but anecdotal evidence suggests those interns are getting older, and a scan of job ads reveals that the requests for free labor are getting more and more brazen--from bigger and bigger media names. (Alas, WNYC included.)