The Ailes Apprentice Program: Talent Diversity & Mentor Program by Roger Ailes
The Ailes Apprentice Program by Roger AilesOur Mission
The Mission of the Roger Ailes Apprentice Program
Sarah Kader
Apprentice
Sarah Kader graduated from Hofstra University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Political Science. While at Hofstra, she interned at Fox News Channel and News 12 Long Island, which furthered her interest in production. Sarah discovered her passion for traveling after studying abroad in France. Among her most memorable and cherished experiences was when she traveled to Thailand to volunteer at an orphanage. After graduating, Sarah worked in the green room for Fox Business Network and as a production assistant in the Community Department at Fox News. Currently, Sarah is a New Media web producer for Fox News Insider.
Joanna Preston
Apprentice
Joanna Preston graduated with a Journalism degree from the University of the District of Columbia. She has spent the past two years interning and working at several networks: ABC News, Fox News, BET, and C-SPAN. She recently joined Fox Business Network as a Production Assistant on Varney & Co. Throughout her year, she hopes of mastering the interworking of the control room and the production side of the newsroom.
Terrell Brown
Apprentice
Terrell Brown is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a 2011 graduate of Howard University where he majored in Television Production and Minored in Psychology. Terrell always held a particular interest in the performing arts and the media industry and quickly realized that his future path would involve working in television. Terrell’s passion for the television industry grew during his internships where he was assigned to work on creative development projects at PBS-WETA and day to day programming operations for C-SPAN Network in the BookTV department. He later moved on to become a Freelance Production Assistant with Office of Cable Television in Washington, DC and HBO Sports here in New York. Terrell currently works as Production Assistant in the Fox News Channel newsroom where he is responsible for handling day to day operations of video assets for the Media Desk.
Stephen Hernandez
Apprentice
Stephen Hernandez currently serves as a Remote Coordinator for Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network — a unique role affording this eager, young professional a front seat to history! For the past 4 years, Stephen has ensured optimum broadcast quality throughout the Network, meticulously monitoring all incoming video and audio feeds – while simultaneously, preparing correspondents and guests, both nationally and abroad, for on-air appearances.
Subsequent internships on the assignment desk at NY1 News – New York City’s 24-hour cable news station - as well as a coveted production internship with the New York Mets Baseball Team during the 2008 season – have, too, provided Stephen with a rare window into a complex business. And, prepared him to now connect and learn from some of the greatest minds in the industry through the AAP.
About Roger Ailes:
Roger Ailes serves as the Chairman and CEO of Fox News as well as the Chairman of Fox Television Stations, overseeing all national operations for Fox News, Fox’s 27 broadcast television stations, and Twentieth’s Television’s syndication group. Joining Fox News in 1996, Roger Ailes played a major role in creating major channels such as Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. Under his leadership, FNC passed CNN in ratings in all day parts in January 2002, becoming the number one news channel in America.
Coming from humble beginnings as a prop boy, Roger Ailes is proud to present the Ailes Apprentice Program, providing talented individuals of diverse backgrounds the resources needed to reach full potential and succeed in broadcast and cable journalism.