The NBCU Academy Fellows program is designed to educate and support outstanding students who are on a path to become leaders, journalists, and content creators. Fellows will participate in intensive mentoring, professional development, and paid internships, opportunities provided to fellows by the faculty and staff of CCNY with generous financial support from NBCUniversal News Group.

SUPPORT Fellows will each receive $5,000 stipends during the school year and up to $5,000 to support journalism internships during the summer.

The fellowship is made possible by a partnership among the NBCUniversal News Group, NBCU Academy, the Colin Powell School, and the Journalism Program of the Department of Media and Communication Arts in CCNY’s Division of Humanities and Arts.

WORKSHOPS Fellows are required to attend three intensive workshops during the Fall 2021 semester and another three during the Spring 2022 semester. They will feature journalists working in a variety of media outlets, including NBCU.

CLASSES Fellows who are not already journalism minors or have not already taken the classes listed below are required to take them during the 2021-2022 school year. These classes include:

• Introduction to Journalism (MCA 233) — Students should ideally take this class before TV Journalism, but they can also take them simultaneously.

• TV Journalism: Video Storytelling (MCA 343) • Latinx Media Studies (new course) — unless

students have taken Race and Media (BLST 31136)

We will consider exceptions based on applicants’ backgrounds.

NBCU ACADEMY FELLOWS PROGRAM Apply by Apr. 15, 2021

The NBCU Academy Program will provide students with a strong understanding of the media landscape and the intersection of race, ethnicity and culture. Fellows will learn the fundamentals of television journalism and video storytelling and the essentials of business reporting. They will benefit from mentoring, lectures, workshops and tutorials and the professional insight of NBCU staffers.

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS The NBCU Academy program requires students to intern at any one of a wide variety of media organizations. CCNY program leadership will help students prepare for, apply to, and obtain these internships. Fellows who find internships that do not compensate them will receive stipends through the program.

In New York and the surrounding area, many media companies offer internships that provide excellent exposure to real world practices. We recommend that students apply to outlets that include:

• NBCUniversal and NBC4 • CNN • HBO • NPR • ABC and ABC7 • CBS and CBS2 • FOX and FOX5 • News 12 • NY1 • PIX11 • WNYC • Telemundo 47 • Univision 41 • The Guardian • Vice

ELIGIBILITY Applicants to the NBCU Academy Fellows program must be undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing careers as journalists and who are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the news media.

We welcome applications from students in all CCNY schools and divisions. Students must be enrolled full-time at CCNY during the 2021-2022 school year, have at least 48 credits by the beginning of Fall 2021, have at least a 2.8 GPA at the time that they apply, and plan to graduate in May 2022 or later. Applicants must be available to participate in the required classes during the 2021-2022 school year, public events that are associated with this program, and full-time journalism/media internships in Summer 2022.

APPLICATIONS AND DEADLINES Completed applications must include the following:

• This applicant information form; • Responses to the three questions; • A resume; and • A transcript (can be the unofficial version from

CUNYfirst).

All applications must be emailed to the Colin Powell School Office of Fellowships at cpsfellowships@gmail.com by 5 pm on Apr. 15, 2021. Please submit all your materials in one email. We will confirm that we have received your application two to four weeks after submission.

For more information about the Colin Powell School Fellowships, visit this website: bit.ly/cps_fellowships

Questions? Contact Akasha Solis, Program Manager, Colin Powell School Office of Fellowships, asolis@ccny.cuny.edu

QUESTIONS Please respond to the following three questions in a separate document. Your combined responses should not exceed two single-spaced pages.

1. How do your educational and professional experiences so far shape your long-term interest in becoming a journalist? Indicate if you have taken journalism classes or served as a journalist in school or elsewhere.

2. How would you like to see your career develop over the next decade? 3. What are three questions you would like to see addressed as part of the program?

NBCU ACADEMY FELLOWS PROGRAMAPPLICANT INFORMATION

1. Name:

2. Email: 3. Phone:

4. Major(s):

5. Minor(s):

6. Credits as of the end of last semester: 7. Cumulative GPA:

8: Anticipated date of graduation:

9. How did you hear about the program? Check all that apply.

Peer Current/former fellow Faculty Staff Social media

Email Student organization Info session Other:

10. Optional: How do you identify? Check all that apply.

White Latinx Black/African American Asian

American Indian/Alaskan Native Middle Eastern/North African

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Other

11. Optional: What pronouns do you prefer? Check all that apply.

He/him/his She/her/hers They/them/their Other

12. Optional: Were you born in the U.S.?

Yes No Prefer not to state

13. Optional: Were both of your parents born in the U.S.?

Yes No Prefer not to state

14. Optional: Does at least one of your parents have a college degree?

Yes No Prefer not to state

15. Have you participated in another fellowship or honors program on campus?

If so, which one(s)?

16. List 5 media outlets that you would like to apply to for your summer internship. (Note: You can always change your mind later.)