Student Opportunities

College Broadcasters, Inc.

CBI is a member-driven organization serving students and advisers of college and high school electronic media outlets. Through events, programs and a network of expertise, we provide our members with educational and professional opportunities and facilitate advocacy.

Visit here: www.askcbi.org

Texas Film Commission Film Shoots

National Press Photographers Association

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), established in 1946, is the leading voice advocating for the rights of visual journalists. Our organization represents close to 5000 members and advocates for working news photo, video, and multimedia journalists. NPPA also embraces students, educators, and all who are self-employed or work for media organizations and institutions.

Visit here: https://nppa.org/join

National Association of Black Journalists

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides innovative, quality programs and services to its members. The organization advocates on behalf of Black journalists and media professionals  in the U.S. and worldwide. NABJ’s membership is more than 4,000 strong and includes emerging journalists, professional journalists, student journalists, journalism educators and media professionals of all kinds.

Visit here: www.nabjonline.org

International Radio & Television Society Foundation

The International Radio & Television Society Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with a membership that ranges from the most accomplished professionals in the media and entertainment business to those who are just beginning their careers. It evolved from an organization founded in 1939 that established a charitable arm in 1964 that grew into the IRTS as it exists today.

Visit here: https://irtsfoundation.org/

College Student Programs: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The Television Academy Foundation shapes the art of creating television by engaging and educating the next generation of television professionals. Established in 1959 as the charitable arm of the Television Academy, the Foundation has nurtured thousands of talented students, providing essential resources that help them discover their voices, refine their skills and forge rewarding careers in every sector of the television industry. Foundation alumni include prominent writers, producers, documentarians, creative executives, network presidents and more.

Visit here: https://www.emmys.com/foundation/programs

National Association of Hispanic Journalists

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is a national network of professionals and students dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news industry, while providing a national voice and unified vision for all Hispanic journalists.

Visit here: http://nahj.org/

National Electronic Media Association

Since its founding in 1943, NBS-AERho the National Electronic Media Association has brought together college students and professionals in electronic media. NBS level membership is open to all students with an interest in electronic media. Alpha Epsilon Rho, the national honor society for electronic media, recognizes the best students in the field. The organization is dedicated to help make the transition from student to professional efficient, effective, and fun. We prepare students for the profession by sharing real-world experience and focusing on the ethical challenges they may face in the future.

Visit here: http://nbs-aerho.org/

Public Relations Student Society of America

Founded in 1967, the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is the foremost organization for students interested in public relations and communications. We advocate rigorous academic standards for public relations education, the highest ethical principles and diversity in the profession.

Visit here: https://www.prsa.org/prssa

American Advertising Federation

The American Advertising Federation protects and promotes the well being of advertising. We accomplish this through a unique, nationally coordinated grassroots network of brands, agencies, media companies, local advertising clubs and college chapters.

Visit here: https://www.aaf.org/

BEA Festival of Media Arts

BEA’s international digital media and broadcast competition for faculty and students from over 300 participating schools and over 1,450 annual entries from around the world.

Visit here: https://beaweb.org/festival/

Lambda Pi Eta (LPH)

Lambda Pi Eta (LPH) is the National Communication Association’s official honor society at four-year colleges and universities. LPH has more than 500 active chapters at four-year colleges and universities nationwide, including Lamar University. LPH represents what Aristotle described in Rhetoric as three ingredients of persuasion: logos (Lambda), meaning logic; pathos (Pi), relating to emotion; and ethos (Eta), defined as character credibility and ethics.

Visit here: https://www.natcom.org/student-organizations/lambda-pi-eta

Texas Intercollegiate Press Association

The Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) is the oldest collegiate press association in the nation and has grown into one of the largest and most respected collegiate groups in the country.

Visit here: http://texasipa.org/

Texas Association of Broadcasters Jobs and Internships

TAB strives to promote and protect a favorable economic and regulatory climate for broadcasting and educate members and the public at large about the opportunities available and advances possible through the efforts of free, over-the-air broadcast operations.

Visit here: https://www.tab.org/job-bank

Texas Speech Communication Association

The Texas Speech Communication Association is the largest state professional communication association in the nation. Membership in TSCA is open to any communication educator, communication student, communication consultant, or any individual interested in learning about the field of speech communication. All levels of instruction and areas of interests are represented in the association.

Visit here: https://www.etsca.com/