Young Executives Fellowship
“The Hollywood Reporter revealed the launch of its first-ever inclusion initiative, The Young Executives Fellowship, on Tuesday at the publication’s inaugural Empowerment in Entertainment event, held at Milk Studios in Los Angeles.
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Aided by launch sponsors WME and Amazon Studios, the Fellowship aims to create a pipeline for future leaders in film and television, in conjunction with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles. Each year, 20 high school juniors will be chosen on a highly competitive basis for a two-year program that will include curriculum and mentoring; all will be selected from underserved schools in Los Angeles, Compton and Inglewood. While they are in school, each of the Young Execs will receive a paid summer internship at one of THR‘s partner companies — WME, Amazon, Imax, eOne, OWN, Starz and THR itself — with a view to launching their careers.
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At Tuesday’s event, Selena Gomez introduced the inaugural class and announced that two full-ride scholarships will be available thanks to new partnerships with Emerson College and Howard University. In addition, THR editorial director Matthew Belloni announced that Skydance Media has committed $100,000, while WME and Emanuel have committed $250,000. Each of the participants also was presented with their own MacBook Air computer courtesy of Twitter. ” – by the THR staff
Our very own Mann UCLA student, Ariana Morataya-Cardenas was one of the recipients of this fellowship and she will be participating in a mentorship program this summer of 2019.