NAEB Newsletter (Apr 1958)

SCHOLARSHIPS AND SUMMER STUDY The Fund, for Adult Education is offering approxi¬ mately 20 grants for study and training to individuals associated with mass communications. An independ¬ ent organization established by the Ford Foundation, the Fund is used to broaden and better the contribu¬ tion of the mass media to liberal education for adults. Each grant will be in an amount determined by the Fund to be adequate for the recipient to accomplish, within one year, any program of study and/or prac¬ tical experience which he deems appropriate for his own improvement. Deadline for application is set for Oct. 15. Details of this program may be obtained by writing to Leadership Training Awards (Mass Media), The Fund for Adult Education, 200 Bloom- ingdale Road, White Plains, N. Y. ***** A summer Symposium in Color Television at North¬ western University is slated concurrently with the University summer session, June 23 to August 2. It will be presented in cooperation with NBC and its Chicago station, WNBQ, and offers three quarter- hours of credit. Designed to orient TV station staffs and students to the special problems of broadcasting in color, the symposium will feature directors and supervisors and color specialists for discussion of these problems. Coordinators of the symposium are Assoc. Prof. Charles F. Hunter of Northwestern and Mrs. Betty Ross W T est from WNBQ. ***** NBC Internships are also offered this summer by Northwestern’s Department of Radio, Television, and Film, NBC and' station WNBQ. A limited num¬ ber of interns will spend six weeks rotating through the operational divisions of programming and pro¬ duction, and will participate in discussion sessions with the station’s administrative personnel. The H. V. Kaltenbom Radio Scholarship of $600 for the academic year is open to any student of junior standing attending or entering the University of Wis¬ consin in 1958-59, with an interest in some phase of radio broadcasting, especially in news and news an¬ alysis. Deadline for applications is set at May 1. In¬ quiries should be addressed to Prof. H. L. Ewbank, in care of the university’s Department of Speech. ***** More than 25,000 scholarships for foreign study are listed in the new 1958 Handbook on International Study, recently published by the Institute of Inter¬ national Education. This is a complete guide on in¬ ternational education with information on specific fields of study desired, in addition to the listing of awards and grants of more than 250 different scholar¬ ship programs. The Handbook is $3.00 and may be obtained from the Institute at 1 East 67th Street in New York City. PLACEMENT SUPPLEMENT April I — Producer-director with three years experience in ETV and commercial stations would like a position with an educational TV station. Extensive background covers di¬ recting, producing, writing, work as on-camera talent and in film and set design. Male, 33, single. Prefers city over 200,000 or university town. $5,800-7,000. April 2 — Twenty-three-year-old English woman, single, M.A. candidate, seeks any position in educational broadcasting, preferably starting in September. Experience includes journalism and teaching both in an English school and American university, audience research work with the B. B.C. Licensed teacher. Location and salary open. April 3 — Male, married, 32, August candidate for Ph.D., presently teaching university television courses, desires uni¬ versity position teaching TV production and direction, preferably with the opportunity to work on station staff. Experienced in all phases of production; has done all kinds of programming. Will locate anywhere but South, except Florida. $5,200 for nine months. April 4 — Young man, 22, married, draft-exempt, with M,.S., desires immediate position as producer-director or in pro¬ duction department of ETV station. Has had extensive experience at one of nation's finest ETV stations in direct¬ ing and camera work; radio background includes an¬ nouncing and production. Location open. $4,500. April 5 — Experienced producer-director of radio, TV, and theatre seeks summer workshop or year-round position in educational broadcasting. Fifteen-year background covers work in all phases of production, includes network program directing experience and various executive or managerial positions. Male, single, 39, M.A. Location and salary open. April 6 — Successfully employed TV producer-director at metropolitan network affiliated station desires university situation teaching radio-TV and doing actual production work. Eight years professional background; good know¬ ledge of all types of music; strong on documentaries. Male, single, 36, M.A. Prefers southwest location but will consider others. $7,000-8,000. April 7 — Executive producer-director with solid backlog of commercial radio-TV credits wants to put his experience to work for educational purposes. Diversified background in¬ cludes music consultation, script writing and editing, talent selection and supervision, budgeting, and hiring, training and supervising employees. Male, 54, single. Pre¬ fers San Francisco area but will consider others. $8,000- 12 , 000 . April 8 — News and special events director seeks teaching or staff position in ETV. Has five years experience in foreign broadcasting; wrote and produced for NAEB; now pro¬ duces and conducts public affairs interview ETV program. Will cover World's Fair this summer. Male, single, 34, M.A. Prefers New England, South, or Pacific Northwest. $6,000-7,000. 10 NEWSLETTER