The application for the Fall 2008-2009 YO-TV Internship Program is attached below. Please complete the application and return to Sebene Selassie at EVC.

“Joining YO-TV is, to date, the best choice I’ve made so far in my life. It has taught me so many things about film production and beyond, and opened so many doors.”
- Eva, Former YO-TV Intern

“I feel a lot more comfortable behind the camera, creating storyboards and outlines, contacting interviewees, creating editing plans and working with Final Cut Pro editing software”
- Theresa, Former YO-TV Intern


In YO-TV you will:
Earn a Stipend While You Build Your Resume,
Learn Advanced Filmmaking Skills,
and Make Contacts for Your Future

What you bring:
• Prior video experience (a school project or something you’ve produced on your own)
• High School Diploma or a GED

What you’ll get:
• Receive a weekly stipend
• Work for a client
• Meet industry professionals
• Improve your filmmaking skills
• Get college prep guidance
• Host a year-end premiere screening of your final film project


Past YO-TV projects include: a nationally-broadcasted documentary for a PBS Bill Moyers series, a documentary on the international criminal court for the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, and a tape produced for the Brooklyn Museum of Art's exhibition, From Hip to Hip Hop: Black Fashion and a Culture of Influence. YO-TV graduates have gone on to work in broadcast, cable, and independent media such as NBC, New York 1 News, Manhattan Neighborhood Network and PBS.


Have Questions?
Contact Sebene Selassie at sselassie@evc.org or 212-465-9366, ext. 17