Hopefully someone can help me out -- I'm quite clueless.
I've got a character that's going to be an intern at the Planet in my NaNo story and I have no idea how these things work. (well, OK, I have SOME idea, but things here often don't work like they do down there.)
Are internships something a student does during the school year - instead of going to class for a semester or part of one, let's say? If so, how long would an internship last? A few weeks? A couple months?
Or is this typically something students do over the summer, or right after they get their degree - and get paid for it -- or not paid... ?
And, um.. what would an intern do at a newspaper? Research? Fact-checking? Gopher-ing? (eg: something like Jimmy, but getting even less respect?)
Thanks!
