A MELBOURNE University student who interned at the Herald Sun newspaper has sparked criticism over a story she wrote for the university's student magazine, in which she describes the tabloid's editors as homophobic, sexist and ''heteronormative''.

Media and communications undergraduate student Sasha Burden, whose identity was confirmed to The Age by student editors last night but who did not wish to comment, wrote anonymously in Farrago magazine about her two weeks at the paper in an article titled ''The Hun Mole: Notes From a Tabloid Newsroom''.

A Melbourne University student who interned at the Herald Sun newspaper has sparked criticism over a story she wrote for the university's student magazine. Credit:Eddie Jim

She said the experience had been ''horrific'' and described situations in which editors had patronised her by calling her names.

''Throughout the week, I was consistently subjected to patronising attitudes, being referred to as 'Little Bud', 'Champ' and 'Kidlet'. Men were also continuously and unnecessarily sexist, waiting for me to walk through doors and leave the elevator before them.''