As media-obsessed interns, we constantly wonder what the rest of New York is thinking about the media - and if we might be the only youngsters in this city who play "Name That Blog Editor" and "Pin-the-Tail on the TV Anchor."  So we were curious: how much do people know about this week's Sotomayor confirmation hearings?  In pursuit of taking the media pulse of our fellow city-goers, we hit the streets to ask people some questions.  The results were... Umm... Interesting.

For reasons which still remain somewhat unclear, a 15-year-old intern at the Morgan Stanley offices in London has become the voice of his generation regarding social media. After two weeks in the office Matthew Robson, who ostensibly landed his post because his dog was friends with the dog of a senior financial analyst at Morgan Stanley, penned a report called "How Teenagers Consume Media." Which was very smart, because what do profit-minded adults want to know more than anything? What teenagers think! Needless to say, corner office occupants worldwide ate it up. (more...)

Internships are usually about working ridiculous hours and learning how to prepare a killer expense report.  But here at Mediaite, we're lucky enough to have bosses that don't know what a fly-on-the-wall mentality is.  Our tasks often include roaming the streets of New York, reinventing data entry, and now, going on field trips!  (more...)

Here at Mediaite, we are blessed with perhaps the smartest, coolest, media-est interns around. We take every opportunity to kvell about them (perhaps you've noticed?), but we realized that for you, too, to share in our intern love, we had to bring them straight to you. So, here is where their brilliance will live: The Mediaite Interns Column. Bookmark it. Your life will never be the same. (more...)