Doin’ The Work • Host Shimon Cohen, LCSW • February 20, 2023 • "In this episode, I talk with Beth Wagner, Claire Mancuso, Natalia Norzagaray, and Parham Daghighi, all MSW students at the University of Texas – Austin and members of the group FED UP, which is organizing for paid social work internships. This episode is Part 2 of a two-part series on social work students organizing for paid internships."

Teen Vogue • By Rainesford Stauffer • August 15, 2022 • “Ah, internships: a time for exploring new interests, hands-on learning, and…exploitation? Not always. But often. Data from the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison estimates somewhere between 31% and 58% of internships in the United States don’t pay."

University of Michigan School of Social Work • July 27, 2022 • "Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed Michigan Senate Bill 1012 into law. The legislation provides for the creation of a Student Mental Health Apprenticeship Retention and Training grant program (SMART), paying graduate social work students $25 an hour for their field education in public schools settings."

The San Diego Union-Tribune • By Elana B. Metz and Sarah K. Fox • March 21, 2022 • "Each year, hundreds of social work students enter the front lines of San Diego County’s mental health crisis, providing vital services for the area’s most vulnerable residents in schools, prisons, hospitals and outpatient facilities and on our streets."