mun2 televisión Internship Program.

mun2 televisión announced the nationwide launch of its mun2 Fall 2002 internship program targeted at Latino college students. The first program was successfully completed in the summer, with all participants gaining an in-depth knowledge of the television industry. mun2 will now provide a new group of students with an opportunity to do their internship in the field of communications in major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and beginning this semester in Phoenix, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego and Chicago.

Some of last semester’s mun2 success stories include Mario Garibaldi hired as a mun2 televisión promotion producer in Miami. Another graduate, Marggen Torres, produced a travel program titled “mochileando,” to broadcast soon on mun2. Kevin Venegas, from New York, interviewed singer Jorge Moreno for the FuZion entertainment magazine show. Jacqueline Lapp and Melissa Hernández, from Los Angeles, also did an interview with artist Luis Fonsi; and a new segment titled “Street Hacker,” was created, to be fully-produced by the students in order to highlight events and activities in each of their local markets. Students also participated in the production of many local events, gaining experience in organizing, promoting and executing concerts, contests, exhibits and more.

“We are very pleased with the results achieved by mun2’s first group of graduates. Reports have shown that U.S.-born children of Hispanic immigrants are nearly as likely as non-Hispanic whites to enroll in college, but less than half as likely to earn bachelor’s degrees. Programs like mun2 help these students to reach their educational goals, and our network is committed to making this happen,” said Yolanda Foster, Vice President of Programming at mun2 televisión.

“mun2 is totally in among young Latinos like myself who are studying communications; there are many internships out there, but mun2 is unique because it gives you the freedom to be creative,” said student Melissa Hernandez from California Polytechnical Pomona in Los Angeles.

Students who join mun2 fulfill a 15- to 25-hour per week work schedule during an academic semester, and they receive college credit. Those interested in applying for u>mun2 should call 954-430-7873, or send their résumés via e-mail to: um***@mu************.com. For more information, visit http://www.mun2television.com.