The Meredith Corporation and its Phoenix television station, KPHO CBS 5, sponsor a week-long multimedia fellowship program for top minority broadcast journalism students at the Cronkite School and around the country.
Spend the first week in January working in the CBS 5 newsroom with KPHO reporters, producers, editors and videographers, and with instructors from the Cronkite School.
Ten fellows are selected each year – half from the Cronkite School and half from other schools around the country.
You must be a currently enrolled broadcast student within 12 months of graduation. Out-of-state students receive a $2,000 stipend to cover travel, lodging and meal expenses. Students may use surplus funds for their tuition and fees back here in Nebraska. The program is January 1-6.
Meredith-Cronkite Fellows receive hands-on experience creating news packages and anchoring newscasts on deadline while learning about newsroom ethics and leadership. Specific sessions include:
• How to get your first job — tips from news directors and recent grads
• Secrets of producing a top-flight audition tape
• Live reporting 101
• Three things that will make you the No. 1 reporter at your station
• How to craft exceptional news packages
• Developing and pitching winning story ideas
• Perfecting your voice-over skills
• Problems in the field — and how good reporters work around them
• Real-world broadcast ethics: What would you do?
• One-on-one mentoring and career advice from the pros
How to apply to the 2011 Meredith-Cronkite Fellowship Program, Jan. 1-6, 2012:
Send a cover letter, resume, a DVD with samples of your work, and names and contact information for three references to:
The Meredith-Cronkite Fellowship Selection Committee
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
555 N. Central Ave., Suite 302
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1248
Application materials must be postmarked by Oct. 17, 2011.
For more information, contact Sue Green, sue.green@asu.edu.
A more complete description of the program is available at http://cronkite.asu.edu/experience/meredith.