Blame the Intern: On (Not) Breaking into the Creative Economy

An inside look at the work lives of college interns and their uncertain path to paid employment

While generations of young adults used to spend their summers working as lifeguards or camp counselors, college students today are more likely to seek office experience as interns. Blame the Intern takes readers into the workspaces of the music industry to show how internships, especially unpaid ones, are problematic introductions to the working world that often provide little valuable training an...