Candace Parker’s new sports media fellowship will put HBCU students in paid summer internships in 2027 and help them pay for somewhere to live while they do it.
Parker, a two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player who now works as a broadcaster, has partnered with the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program on the fellowship. It is open to current students at historically Black colleges and universities who want to work in sports media and broadcasting. Students who are selected are placed in paid summer internships in Los Angeles, New York, or Atlanta in the summer of 2027, and the fellowship adds housing assistance, mentorship, career development resources, and access to people already working in the industry.
“I’ve spent my whole career in sports, first on the court and now behind the mic, and I know what it means when someone opens the door for you,” Parker said in a video announcing the program.
The housing line is the part a student actually feels. A summer internship in Los Angeles or New York is only available to someone who can cover rent in Los Angeles or New York for three months, and that has quietly decided who ends up on camera and in control rooms for decades. Putting a wage and a place to sleep together removes a filter that talent never had anything to do with.
Two numbers are still open. Neither the announcement nor the coverage of it states what the internships pay or how many students will be taken.
Applications are open now, through a link in Parker’s Instagram bio.
Parker spent the 2026 season on the Amazon Prime broadcast alongside Kevin Harlan and Dwyane Wade. Her partner on the fellowship already runs an MLB and MiLB Experienceship that places students with baseball organizations for short-term industry experience.
