I'm interning this semester at a local TV station. I love it. The people there are awesome. They're down to Earth. They understand my witty humor. They let me do things and take on responsibilities like interview the mayor of Worcester, videotape Kenny Rogers, help them edit and put pieces together in the editing suites, tape stand-ups, and hopefully a lot more as the semester progresses.
But interns get the shaft.
No where does my name show up that I did any of the work. I'm not getting paid. I carry around tripods that are almost as big as I am. I'm there 16 hours a week, neglect my other work for school, and am really exhausted by the end of the day. And for what? To be thrown out into this shitty economy hoping that experience will lead me to a bigger and better station?
I don't get credit. And I know I'm an intern. I know I'm the little bitch that's supposed to go get someone's coffee. But if I'm right there next to the reporter, researching their story, helping them write some of their script, and doing a lot of the grunt work, shouldn't my name be somewhere in the credits...?
I guess you could consider this a stretch on the whole plagiarism concept. Someone could easily argue against me, and certainly win the argument.
But I could win it too.
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My Magazine Writing class is conducting an investigation on plagiarism and college students. How many people have plagiarized? Have people witnessed plagiarism and let their friends or classmates get away with it? What constitutes plagiarism? This blog will try to answer those questions, as well as react to how the class itself is working. I will explore how the classroom is handling the investigation, both good and bad aspects. What will the conclusion be?
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