NBCUniversal News Group will invest $6.5 million over the next two years in NBCU Academy, a new multiplatform journalism training and development program for four-year university and community college students. The initiative includes $3.5 million in scholarships, the company, a division of Comcast, announced Thursday. The program includes on-campus and online training, hands-on instruction from
Florida International University in Miami
Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia
Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Miami Dade College in Miami
Morgan State University in Baltimore
North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College in Orangeburg, South Carolina
City College of New York
University of North Texas in Denton
University of Texas at El Paso
Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans
The program will provide equipment and collaborate with professors to develop the courses.
Additionally, NBCU News Group journalists, executives and management from editorial and production teams across NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo News will participate as guest lecturers to provide real-world insight and mentorship, according to a statement.
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NBCUniversal is doing its part to help out historically Black colleges and universities. The entertainment and media company announced that it will be partnering with a number of educational institutions to launch the NBCU Academy.
The new program will offer training and development workshops for students plus a chance to work alongside established journalists from NBC News, and it will fund journalism scholarships.
The initiative represents a $6.5 million investment each to universities such as Clark Atlanta and Morgan State, and is a part of the parent company’s $100 million commitment to racial injustice and social change made earlier this year in response to the police shootings of unarmed Black civilians.
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ATLANTA, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ NBCUniversal News Group announces its launching of NBCU Academy on the campus of Clark Atlanta University and select universities and colleges across the country. The new, innovative, multiplatform journalism training and development program is designed for four-year university and community college students offering on-campus training and online programming in the communications field.
NBCU Academy will invest a total of $6.5 million to the initiative which also includes a curated onsite curriculum for hands-on learning experience with world-class NBCU News Group journalists, funding for accredited journalism programs and scholarships.
In addition to providing equipment and collaborating with professors to develop seminar courses, NBCU News Group journalists, executives and management from editorial and production teams across NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo will participate as guest lecturer
NEW YORK – NBCUniversal News Group launched
NBCU Academy, a new, innovative, multiplatform journalism training and development program for four-year university and community college students through education, on-campus training and online programming.
The initiative includes a curated onsite curriculum for hands-on learning experience with world-class NBCU News Group journalists, funding for accredited journalism programs and scholarships.
In keeping with Comcast and NBCU News Group’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, the multi-year partnership involves 17 academic partners including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions and colleges with significant Latino, Asian, Black, Indigenous and tribal populations – reaching students from underrepresented groups including those from diverse racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, economic, and geographic backgrounds.