The McCormick Fellowship is an innovative executive development program for high-performing multicultural senior managers and executives in the news media. Its goal is to increase both the number and the impact of influential minority executives in the news business. More than just an executive training program, the initiative offers fellows a multifaceted experience designed to assist the fellows individually in their careers and also give other news media leaders the benefit of the wisdom and insights the fellows have to offer.
McCormick Fellows are executives of newspapers, broadcast stations and news companies. Editorial candidates must have approximately 10 years or more experience in the news business and should be at the level of assistant managing editor or higher at newspapers or newspaper companies, or the equivalent at their television stations, groups or companies. Applicants from the business side should have at least 10 years of professional experience and have reached the level of assistant director. Fellows must be leaders within their organizations and be seen by their organizations as key players in the future. The fellowships are open to African American, American Indian, Asian American and Hispanic executives.
Fellows attend premier leadership programs for media executives. Newspaper executives attend the four-week Advanced Executive Program and broadcast executives attend the seven-day Management Development Seminar for Television Executives, both conducted at the Media Management Center (MMC) at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (which is located about 30 minutes from downtown Chicago).
Each October, all current and former McCormick Fellows gather for an annual conference on Northwestern University's campus. At the Fall Forum, fellows discuss pressing issues in the industry and make recommendations to the industry on diversity. The Fall Forum also includes developmental sessions and speakers to further enhance participants’ leadership skills.
All the McCormick Fellows - from the current class and from all previous classes - are part of a braintrust of expertise which the program regularly taps to help the news industry better achieve diversity success.
Fellows must participate in all events during the fellowship year and they may be asked to discuss the ongoing work of the felowship at industry events.
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