Abstract
In May 2000, an American I'd met only twice offered me $10,000 for internships on British newspapers for three ethnic minority journalism students. Prospective interns wouldn't be American, but British. Newspapers had to make a financial contribution to the bursaries. Fast-forward to summer 2003 and I am in the middle of the second Creative Collective national internship programme. The Times, Financial Times, The Big Issue, Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Nottingham Evening Post, Manchester Evening News, and the Scunthorpe Telegraph have been sympthetic. Last year three interns were offered contracts, and interest from aspiring ethnic minority journalists has increased year on year. The Commission for Racial Equality and the National Union of Journalists have generously conceded that we have achieved what they have never quite managed. So why are my colleagues and I unwilling to shout from the precarious rooftops of Canary Wharf? Quite frankly, the wider print media landscape isn't all that pretty to look at.
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