The boot camp is a five-week immersion program to give veterans course about TV industry business and career fair with plenty jobs in television at the end of the program.
- May 26, 2015
AceShowbiz - Despite his incessant criticism of Iraq War, Jon Stewart has been running a program to help veterans get job in TV industry. The program running for over 3 years was kept under wraps all this time.
Stewart publicized this program as he was going to leave "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in August this year. By revealing it, he wanted other shows to develop similar programs in order to help more veterans join TV industry. "This is ready to franchise. Please steal our idea. It isn't charity. To be good in this business you have to bring in different voices from different places, and we have this wealth of experience that just wasn't being tapped," said the comedian.
The program created by "The Daily Show" team was a five-week immersion program to give veterans course about their business including editing and talent booking. It also included workshops by the Writers Guild of America and projects by producers and directors such as Bruce Cohen and Judd Apatow.
"The Daily Show" staff promoted the boot camp to veterans' groups without mentioning the big name of "The Daily Show" as they wanted to filter fans and focus on veterans who were passionate to work in the industry.
The class was held in the evening to accommodate veterans working full-time jobs. At the end of the program, they would be brought to a career fair with plenty jobs in television. There had been one alum of the program who joined the team of "The Daily Show" as production coordinator of the show.
