Who is Jane Slater? NFL reporter bashed online over heated debate on unpaid internships

On Monday, NFL reporter Jane Slater became talk of town on social media after vertising an unpaid “opportunity” for brocast journalism students on Twitter. 40-year-old, however, was furious at backlash over intern , branding commenters 'rotten' for pointing out that unpaid positions posed a serious barrier for people from a less privileged background. Slater, by her own mission, claimed that she did come from a wealthy family, but insisted that those who want to work in competitive fields like journalism h to hustle to make a name for mselves, even if it meant taking unpaid work for experience. This has me many ask - Who is Jane Slater?

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Who is Jane Slater? Jane Slater unpaid internship Twitter battle

NFL reporter Jane Slater was born in Rowlett, Texas and attended Rowlett High School before gruating from  University of Texas in 2004, double majoring in Journalism and Government. Slater n worked for ESPN as an anchor and sideline reporter for  Longhorn Network prior to joining NFL Network in 2016.

She also worked on College World Series and college football bowl games for ESPN and  SEC Network. She spent eight years covering news before turning her attention to covering sports which included co-hosting a rio talk show "Elf and Slater" for a year. She is currently working as a sideline reporter for CBS Sports, covering Dallas Cowboys

Earlier on Monday, Slater took to Twitter to vertise an 'unpaid internship' to her 162.5k followers. While responses to her tweet were mixed; some seizing opportunity to work with a well-kwn sideline reporter and cover top stories, ors ted that y were unable to work for free, calling unpaid internships 'unethical'. 

Slater was bashed on social media and later revealed that she was 'amazed' at  replies she received. She swiftly became defensive and wrote that she h 'three unpaid internships in school, double majored and h a job.'

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However, that only sparked netizens to point out Slater's family wealth meant she h a safety net many could only dream of. Jane Slater grandfar story involves him being  former president of Wolf Brand Chili. One wrote, "Jane Slater's family me ir wealth in food manufacturing business. She likely h financial backing keeping her afloat when she wasn't being paid during her internship" Ar ded, "Why am I t surprised to see people from rich family backgrounds vertising unpaid internships, I mean Jane Slater practically didn't even have to work."

American journalist later posted a more conciliatory mess to perhaps end Jane Slater unpaid internship Twitter debate, explaining she was trying to forward an opportunity to help college students and it wasn't for her own team. She n hit back at comments about those who aimed digs at her family wealth and wrote, "To people shaming me for my hardworking grandfar and parents who instilled a similar work ethic to achieve success, you are rotten. You have idea about my childhood or my family but it’s t even close to picture you all paint."

Slater also retweeted replies that supported her and continued to defend her post. She later clarified that her intentions were to 'help' an organization and that "body should ever work for free unless y can gain work experience that can help m in future."

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