The FIRST is a piece by Adelle Waldman in The New Republic about big-city journalism internships. Often, she writes, they're inaccessible to students who aren't already well-off financially. And they may not be good for journalism, anyway.
There's a social good problem at play when news is delivered by people who harbor such similar ambitions and come from such similar backgrounds, people who have spent their summers in the same cities and have worked at the same types of organizations. Naturally, they are likely to keep spotting and writing about the same types of issues--and keep missing different ones.
The SECOND is a George Carlin bit about soft language. (e.g. "When did toilet paper become bathroom tisue?") Might be good to use at a copy desk meeting. A little bit of foul language, but pretty clean by Carlin's standards. And hilarious.
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