When: June 2 - August 3, 2013 
Where: New York, New York
Application Deadline: Sunday, December 9, 2012

The deadline for this year's program has passed, but please check back in September for information about the 2014 program.

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

Eligibility: Extremely competitive. Students must be college juniors, seniors, or graduate students as of April 2013.

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.

Accomplished students from all majors (including math, computer science, business, marketing, communications, etc.) are encouraged to apply. 

TO APPLY:

Please click on the link below for the 2013 Application.

Sample Application  

While we are no longer accepting applications for 2013, you can still still download one to see what we typically ask for in the first round.

Congratulations to our most recent class of Summer Fellows (listed below). We look forward to announcing our 2013 class soon.

2012 IRTS SUMMER FELLOWS

Rachel Abeshouse
Vanderbilt University

Jake Abrams
University of Iowa
THE IRTS JERRY FENIGER/UNIVERSITYOF IOWA SUMMER FELLOWSHIP
Sponsored by Friends of Jerry Feniger

Maeve Cullinane
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chinh Doan
University of Oklahoma

Josanta Gray
THE IRTS ROBERT D. WOOD/UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FELLOWSHIP
Sponsored by Michael Nowacki

Jaquon Heath
St. John's University

Stephanie Jaw
Cornell University
THE IRTS HELEN KARAS MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP
Sponsored by Rick Sirvaitis and John Carrozza

Charles Johnson
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

Jade Keena
Hofstra University

Brendan Kneeland
Boston College

 
Kristina Lee*
San Diego State University
THE IRTS THOMAS S. MURPHY FELLOWSHIP
Sponsored by ABC National Television Sales

Kristy Lyons
University of Georgia

Kameron Mack
University of Kansas

Amina Mance*
Southern Illinois University -Carbondale
THE IRTS SUMNER REDSTONE FELLOWSHIP
Sponsored by CBS Television Station Sales

Kiana Nicholas*
Georgia State University
THE IRTS LESLIE MOONVESFELLOWSHIP
Sponsored by CBS Television Station Sales

Annie O'Shea
College of the Holy Cross
THE IRTS HOLY CROSS COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP
Sponsored by Crown Media Holdings

Marc Phillips
Ithaca College

Jasmeet Sidhu
Columbia University

Nita Sitaram
Carnegie Mellon University

Stephanie Spada
Penn State University
THE IRTS PENN STATE UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP
Sponsored by Dave Morgan

Cydney Swofford
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Brielle Urssery
Spelman College
AMC Networks Sponsored Fellowship

Cara Warren
CUNY Brooklyn College
THE IRTS BROOKLYN COLLEGESUMMER FELLOWSHIP
Sponsored by Scott Herman

*IRTS Broadcast Sales Associate