Members Mentor Southern California Students

Students, 16 regional SAG-AFTRA mentors and two leaders from the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists came together on Sept. 15 for a daylong broadcast workshop at SAG-AFTRA Plaza in Los Angeles. The event welcomed graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Southern California, University of La Verne, UCLA and California State Universities in Dominguez Hills, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Fullerton, Pomona and Northridge, as well as many local community colleges.

After morning panels about careers in television and radio, 15 students presented audio and visual reels for critique and learned how to improve their reels before presenting them to future employers. SAG-AFTRA hopes to build on the success of this event as it plans more such events in the future.

Photo: Oswaldo Borraez from Univision and Rita Garcia from Fox participate on the television panel during the Sept. 15 mentoring event.