By Betsy Model, President
Students and aspiring journalists interested in online media can apply for a fellowship in New York City. The fellowship will give students the opportunity to gain real-world experience at a media corporation. Participants will also speak with industry professionals and take part in panels, field trips and discussions.
Applicants must be college juniors, seniors or graduate students. Travel, housing and a living allowance is included in the fellowship. For more information, click here.
When: June 5 – August 6, 2011
Where: New York , New York
The Summer Fellowship Program, the most notable student out-reach effort of IRTS (International Radio and Television Society), teaches up-and-coming communicators the realities of the business world through an expense-paid fellowship, which includes practical experience and career-planning advice. Each year college juniors, seniors and graduate students are selected nationwide to participate in the nine-week Summer Fellowship Program.
The Program begins with an extensive one-week orientation to broadcasting, cable, advertising, and interactive media. Fellows have a rare opportunity to question industry professionals at panels, lectures, and group discussions. They also take related field trips and learn career planning, networking and interviewing skills by attending industry social functions.
Following this first week, Fellows gain full-time “real world” experience at New York-based media corporations to which each is assigned for the duration of the nine-week Fellowship. Fellows are then able to reinforce or redefine specific career goals before settling into a permanent job in the electronic media industry.
COST: Travel, housing and living allowance included.