success stories Aug. 25, 2009

Homeless Blogger Lands Internship at Elle

By Lindsay Robertson

In the Internet’s latest Horatio Alger story, a homeless blogger from the always-fascinating site homelesstales.com, through sheer pluck and determination, got herself an internship at Elle magazine, as advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s remote part-time assistant. Good for her. [The Cut]

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