Nevada Broadcasters Association scholarships available for Nevada students

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Have you ever ever thought-about a profession within the broadcast trade?

From information producing, directing, and managing social media platforms, there are numerous behind-the-scenes alternatives accessible and the Nevada Broadcasters Affiliation desires to assist fill them.

The Nevada Broadcasters Affiliation is at the moment on the lookout for journalism college students to use for full-ride scholarships.

Vanessa Villanueva, a producer at Channel 13 and former scholarship recipient, mentioned the chance helped form her profession in additional methods than one.

“Individuals would ask me what I appreciated to do and I may by no means reply that query. I did not know. All I knew was that I appreciated to speak to folks and listen to folks’s tales,” Villanueva mentioned.

After being awarded a full-ride scholarship, Villanueva enrolled at UNLV the place she went on to check broadcast journalism.

“I do not wish to be dramatic, however the scholarship actually modified my life. I went from working two full-time jobs, being enrolled in class half time, and paying my manner by way of, to having broadcasters in my cellphone that I may name for recommendation and job alternatives,” Villanueva mentioned. “They made me really feel such as you nonetheless have full potential, you are still younger, you possibly can nonetheless make it occur. They positively introduced this life out of me that I did not even know I had.”

Eric Bonnici, the affiliation’s vice chairman says, this system may very well be a match with out you even understanding it.

“There isn’t any larger feeling than seeing our students graduate faculty after which coming into into the trade that they’re so enthusiastic about. There’s a lot extra within a TV or a radio station that goes into placing on that newscast or that radio present. So, when you’ve got a scholar, or you’re a scholar, I guess you it doesn’t matter what your hobbies or likes are, there is a broadcast profession for you,” Bonnici mentioned.

By endorsing and supporting high quality training, the members of the Tony & Linda Bonnici Scholarship

Fund and Nevada Broadcasters Basis are serving to to ensure the way forward for broadcasting in Nevada.

The scope of the NVBF scholarship fund encompasses these areas of broadcasting;

Radio: gross sales account government, gross sales administration, promotions, programming/music, digital/internet, distant engineering, tools and digital technicians, digital and podcasting content material, present and business manufacturing, present producers and on-air expertise.

Tv: gross sales account executive-on air and on-line, gross sales administration, group promotions, tools and digital technicians, digital/internet, social media, graphics, business manufacturing, promotion author/producer, information studio manufacturing, newscast producers/directors-on-air and on-line, information task desk, media administration, grasp management operations, reporters, photojournalists, editors, anchors and information administration.

The NVBF makes scholarship awards accessible for tuition solely to potential broadcasting professionals yearly. Chosen candidates will obtain a full-year (a worth of as much as 15 credit per semester) award for his or her enrollment in a two-year or four-year faculty in a broadcast or associated program. Recipients should keep qualifying credit score hours and gpa semester to semester.

The applying deadline is April 14th. Functions will be discovered right here.