Newsletter internships = the new foot in the door?

Right before the holidays I saw that OG newsletterer Ann Friedman is starting up a couple of paid fellowships for her newsletter for 2021, and then a few days later, Nick Quah announced that he’s looking for a new paid columnist for Hot Pod. It reminded me of how big Substackers like Judd Legum and Emily Atkin both employ their own research assistants f…