Today, the Television Academy Foundation announced that it will present its first annual College Television Summit. The Summit is a free, three-day virtual event open to 1,000 media arts college students from May 3-5, 2021. Among the media artists and executives for the three day event are director of creative diversity at STARZ Entertainment, Daria Overby, and Lionsgate chief diversity officer and senior vice president of human resources at Starz, Jamila Daniel. Television Academy College Summit
Students enrolled in media programs at two- and four-year colleges will be able to participate in 10 online educational and professional development sessions with renowned Hollywood producers, executives and talent. Alongside Overby, Daniel will help students gain insight into the creative process for various genres of programming and how to prepare for and build careers in television.
Overby will be leading the discussion on the new #TakeTheLead initiative, which according to Deadline, is a comprehensive effort deepening the company’s existing commitment to narratives by, about and for women and underrepresented audiences. Also offered to students, will be access to the Foundation’s first in its series of public events for this year: The Power of TV: #RepresentationMatters, examining the representation of marginalized communities on television.
“This is a milestone moment for our medium, enabling us to reach more students across the U.S. than we ever thought possible,” said Cris Abrego, chair of the Television Academy Foundation. “Media students from all backgrounds will gain valuable knowledge and advice on careers in the industry—free of charge—from Hollywood professionals who wouldn’t normally be available to them.”
On course for the event are themed discussions with industry luminaries including the creative team from Ted Lasso with Jason Sudeikis; Emmy Award-winning executive producer Craig Mazin (Chernobyl); plus a discussion about how to launch a career in reality television with Jill Dickerson, head of unscripted originals for Snap Inc., and 44 Blue Productions CEO Stephanie Drachkovitch.
The CAA Foundation, Johnny Carson Foundation, KIA Motors America, Loreen Arbus Foundation, People and Starz work together to support this years summit.
Registration is free for students nationwide enrolled in media programs with valid ID. To register, visit TelevisionAcademy.com/cts/register.
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