When: June 3 - August 4, 2012
Where: New York, New York
Application Deadline: Monday, December 5, 2011

Expense-Paid Opportunity: Travel, housing, and living allowance included.

Eligibility: Extremely competitive. Students must be college juniors, seniors, or graduate students as of April 2012.

The Summer Fellowship Program, the most notable student out-reach effort of IRTS, 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.

TO APPLY:

Please click on the link below for the 2012 Application.

Save application as a WORD Document or PDF titled as follows:

SFP12.LastName.FirstName

Example: SFP12.Smith.John

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Congratulations to our most recent class of Summer Fellows (listed below), and good luck to all competing for the Summer of 2012 program! 

2011 IRTS SUMMER FELLOWS

Eugenia Alfonzo 

University of Notre Dame

THE IRTS PAUL KARPOWICZ FELLOWSHIP for NOTRE DAME - Sponsored by CoxReps

Francesca Amiker

Vanderbilt University

Patricia Arias

Florida International University

THE IRTS AMC NETWORKS INC. SPONSORED FELLOW

Veronica Bautista

Pennsylvania State University

THE IRTS PENN STATE UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP - Sponsored by Dave Morgan

Jessica Blank

Colgate University

Carol Burns*

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

THE IRTS THOMAS S. MURPHY FELLOWSHIP - Sponsored by ABC National Television Sales

Jacqueline Hurwitz

Syracuse University

Nicole Jaques

Stonehill College

The HELEN KARAS MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP - Sponsored by Rick Sirvaitis and John Carrozza 

Elroy Johnson*

Abilene Christian University

THE IRTS LESLIE MOONVES FELLOWSHIP - Sponsored by CBS Television Station Sales

Eric Jones

University of Georgia

Keith Kropski

State University of New York at Fredonia

Marah Lidey

University of Georgia

Tracy Lorenzo*

Rutgers University

THE IRTS SUMNER REDSTONE FELLOWSHIP - Sponsored by CBS Television Station Sales

Blair Mishleau

Columbia College Chicago

Eunice Ntiamoah

Indiana University Bloomington

Cyreia Sandlin

University of Missouri

Stephanie Schaefer

Holy Cross College

THE IRTS HOLY CROSS COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP - sponsored by Hallmark Channel

Jason Scharch

Rutgers University

Tyson Hunter Scott

University of Central Oklahoma

Gregory Shapiro 

Vassar College

Collette Spagnolo

State University of New York at Geneseo

Brandon Wolf

Pennsylvania State University

Joseph Zisa

Boston College

THE IRTS BOSTON COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP - Sponsored by DIRECTV

*IRTS Broadcast Sales Associate