The Carsey-Wolf Center is pleased to offer a special opportunity for students with media production experience who would like to put their skills to work in an internship with a local nonprofit organization that focuses on social or environmental justice. Starting in spring 2026, students who are selected by the Center for this program will participate in a course taught by Professor Laila Shereen Sakr: FMS109MN. For application details, visit this page. Students who participate in the course will  be given the option to interview with one or more of the Center’s nonprofit partners for an unpaid internship focused on media production.

Candidates who are accepted by the nonprofit partners to serve as interns will receive $2500 in scholarship funds, half payable to the intern’s BARC account at the start of the internship and the other half after completing a final evaluation at the end of the internship period. Interns will work for an average of 10 hours per week for 10 weeks, but the schedule for each individual internship will be determined by the needs of the student and the organization. Recipients will be featured on the Carsey-Wolf Center website, and will be required to submit a final report detailing their internship experience. Funds will be deposited directly into scholarship recipients’ BARC accounts, which will remain active for a year following graduation from UCSB. Recipients should consult with the Financial Aid office to determine any potential impacts on their aid packages before funds are deposited.

Please note that this program does not support internships with media production companies. If you are looking for support for a production internship, you may want to consider applying to the Carsey-Wolf Center’s internship scholarship program.

Please contact Carsey-Wolf Center associate director Emily Zinn at erzinn@ucsb.edu with any questions about this program.

This program is generously funded by Mike and Diane Christian, the managing director and founder of Someone Else’s Child Foundation.