Ad/PR Majors Oscar Flores and MeiJun Lei Among CCNY NBCU Academy Inaugural Class

The NBCU Academy Fellows program is designed to educate and support outstanding students who are on a path to become leaders, journalists, and content creators. Fellows will participate in intensive mentoring, professional development, and paid internships, opportunities provided to fellows by the faculty and staff of CCNY with generous financial support from NBCUniversal News Group.

Ad/PR Majors Oscar Flores and MeiJun Lei are part of the inaugural CCNY cohort and will receive $5,000 stipends during the school y

ear and up to $5,000 to support journalism internships during the summer. The fellowship is made possible by a partnership among the NBCUniversal News Group, NBCU Academy, the Colin Powell School, and the Journalism Program of the Department of Media and Communication Arts in CCNY’s Division of Humanities and Arts.

Students from any major can apply; those interested in ’22 fellowships should contact Prof.Barbara Nevins Taylor, Journalism Program Director, barbaranevinstaylor@mac.com.