Eric-You may have information not available to me, but as a Notre Dame graduate who worked through the Gallivan program and a former managing editor of the campus daily newspaper, I am acquainted with most if not all of the high profile journalism contacts at/associated with Notre Dame. And to my knowledge, what you wrote simply is not true. I don't know how else to put it.

Not sure how you can say Eric's info is wrong. Look at the story he linked to (http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/su2007/newsinterns.html). All the information is taken directly from a magazine written by Notre Dame journalists. Ironically, by criticizing Eric for taking facts from an ND publication, you are proving the very fact that ND journalists need these free internships. Zing!!

He got nothing wrong. All his info is taken from that magazine article (a Notre Dame magazine, mind you).

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-interngap_06aug06,0,2920714.story

This is actually not only a Notre Dame idea; and it is also very smart. Many internships offered, especially journalism internships, are not paid. For college students who depend on thier summer job wages for the entire year, this is very necessary. Its a shame you are using this info as a negative for a school like Notre Dame who is trying to help thier students.

I wonder how many of these paid interns are athletes? Sounds like a way to get around the NCAA issues about paying athletes.