Hannah Patterson, a Walton High School graduate, has been selected for the prestigious Television Academy Foundation’s Summer Fellowship Program.
Here’s what that organization—which puts on the Emmy Awards—is sending out about Hannah, a recent graduate of Georgia State University who majored in film and media and is a cinematography fellow:
The Foundation’s annual Internship Program normally provides 50 paid internships at top Hollywood studios and production companies to college students nationwide. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Television Academy Foundation has had to reimagine 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.
“Television was a big part of my childhood,” said Patterson. “The way stories can move someone and teach them something in a different way really spoke to me growing up. I wanted to be part of that.”
“It feels good to know that members of the Television Academy see potential in me,” said Patterson. “It fills me with pride and motivation to be better than I am.”
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 lifelong members of the Foundation’s alumni family giving them access to events and networking opportunities as they build their careers in the industry.
The program includes a series of professional development webinars for students with top industry professionals including writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Old Guard); Amazon Studios executives Albert Cheng, chief operating officer and co-head of television, and Vernon Sanders, co-head of television; and the executive producer of the Apple TV+ series Little Voice Sara Bareilles and series star Brittany O’Grady.
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