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Turner Sports and the NCAA Welcome New Interns Into Innovative Program Through NCAA Digital Partnership

For Immediate Release

Monday, August 1, 2011

Contact(s)

Tom Caraccioli
Turner Sports
404/885-4776
tom.caraccioli@turner.com

Eric Welch
Turner Sports
404/827-5417
eric.welch@turner.com

Gail Dent
NCAA
317/917-6117
gdent@ncaa.org    


 


INDIANAPOLIS---Turner Sports and the NCAA® welcome the inaugural class of interns into the NCAA Digital Internship Program.  The internship program begins today and runs through June 30, 2012.  The interns were chosen from more than 1,750 applicants and hail from 11 different colleges and universities and eight different states.  They will work primarily on the NCAA Digital portfolio, which includes NCAA.com, March Madness on Demand (MMOD) and NCAA Mobile, in seven areas of the company: editorial, multimedia, business operations, product management, operations, marketing and public relations.  The interns will have a first-hand opportunity to experience the world of digital media and sports television through Turner’s partnership with the NCAA®.

“With today’s launch of the NCAA Digital Internship Program, we’re breaking new ground in the digital sports industry,” said Mark A. Johnson, Turner Sports vice president of business operations.  “We’re looking forward to sharing the next 11 months with these young professionals as we continue to innovate and grow our NCAA Digital portfolio.”

The Turner Sports and NCAA® internship program is part of the initiative conceived from the 14-year television, internet and wireless rights agreement in which Turner manages and operates the NCAA digital portfolio and strengthens coverage of all 89 NCAA championships.  NCAA Digital encompasses NCAA.com, MMOD and additional NCAA digital platforms including mobile web and applications, as well as other connected devices.

The following comprise the list of interns chosen from across the country:

 

Name Department Hometown School
Thomas Brannen Operations Carlisle, MA Harvard University
 
John Crowe Editorial Madison, GA Georgia State University
 
Daniel Eisner Multimedia Columbia, MO University of Missouri
 
Greg Ferraro Editorial New York, NY University of Massachusetts
 
Madison Hanshaw Marketing / Public Relations Tampa, FL University of South Florida
 
Dan Hurwitz Editorial Bellaire, TX University of Texas-Austin
 
Stephen Knox, Jr. Editorial Wheaton, IL Howard University
 
Andy Porten Multimedia Roswell, GA College of Charleston
 
Mark Tannenhauser Business Operations New York, NY Syracuse University
 
Mallory Roberts Multimedia Hewitt, TX Texas A&M
 
Sarah Zuk Product Management USAFA, CO Duke University

 

About Turner Sports

Turner Sports, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is an industry leader in televised and online sports programming, airing championship level sporting events on TBS, TNT and truTV, and managing some of the most popular sports sites on the Internet. Turner Sports’ television line-up includes the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, NASCAR and professional golf. The company’s digital portfolio includes SI.com, NASCAR.COM, NCAA.com, PGATOUR.COM, GOLF.com and PGA.com, as well as an accompanying collection of mobile websites and connected device apps. Turner Sports and the NBA also jointly manage NBA Digital, which includes NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE PASS, NBA Mobile, the NBA Game Time App, NBADLEAGUE.com and WNBA.com. 

 

About the NCAA

The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletic opportunities for more than 400,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships in Divisions I, II and III sports. Visit www.ncaa.org and www.ncaa.com for more details about the Association, its goals and members and corporate partnerships that help support programs for student-athletes.  The NCAA is proud to have the following elite companies as official Corporate Champions—AT&T, Capital One and Coca-Cola—and the following elite companies as official Corporate Partners—Buick, Enterprise, The Hartford, Infiniti, LG, Lowe’s, Planters, Reese’s, Unilever and UPS.

 

 

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