We got a little press from the Newhouse News service, who was looking for tips for interns.
The article shifted in focus a little from internship tips to employer tips for staying on the right side of employment law. It's still an interesting article, and I believe Pop Art has one of the best organized internship programs for our industry. We've again put together an amazing team this year, with interns from University of Oregon, Oregon State University, MIT and Boston University. We're hopeful The Oregonian picks up the story, since they're a Newhouse paper.
Sadly, they used a photo of me and new copywriting intern, Kevin Platt. So here's the contest: Rewrite the photo caption (in the comments). Funniest entry wins. Entries thus far:
Editorial Director Thom Schoenborn watches a training video with a new intern: “You’ll be working here next to the coal-fired servers,” says Schoenborn. “You need to add a scoop of coal every 15 minutes or you’ll be demoted to rubbing Dave’s feet.”
-Tom Potterf
“Now watch, in a second, this guy is going to just FLIP OUT and hit his coworker with a keyboard and then throw his monitor!”
-Scott Vandehey
Thom says, “See this big thing here? It’s a computer screen. We don’t put white-out on the computer screen. We change it by pressing buttons on the small flat thing down here.”
-Andrew Hay