Student From Elmont Selected for Television Academy Fellowship

Michael Bailey, of Elmont, NY, has been selected for the Television Academy Foundation’s prestigious 2021 Summer Fellows program. He is one of just 50 students chosen from across the country by Television Academy members to participate in the program.

Bailey, a 2021 graduate of Hofstra University, majored in Music Composition and minored in Film, TV, Radio and Creative Writing. He will be a Sound Fellow this summer through the Television Academy Foundation’s program. He attended Elmont Memorial High School in New York.

“I’m still in shock, I was chosen by the same people who vote for the Emmy Awards!” said Bailey. “I never thought one day I would be acknowledged by them in any fashion. I’m still pinching myself thinking this is a dream. I always watched TV when I was younger, and I still do, but it was only when I got to college that I learned that not only can it be studied but also pursued.”

Typically, the Television Academy Foundation’s annual Internship Program provides 50 internships, at top Hollywood studios and production companies, to college students nationwide every summer. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Television Academy Foundation has had to re-imagine its internship program this year offering the 50 students selected from across the country the chance to either intern remotely or enroll as a Summer Fellow.

The Summer Fellows Program includes virtual one-on-one visits with professionals in a student’s field of study, online panels with leaders in the television industry, and customized seminars covering personal brand building and navigating the job market ahead. Fellows also become life-long members of the Foundation’s alumni family giving them access to events and networking opportunities as they build their careers in the industry.