Content overview: “Young Storytellers Launches Jamie Tarses Fund to Honor Late TV Executive and Boost Student”. Young Storytellers, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that brings entertainment industry volunteers into public schools to mentor students in creative writing, has established the Jamie Tarses Fund in memory of the influential television executive. Tarses, who died in 2021, was the first woman to head a Tarses, who died in 2021, was the first woman to head a broadcast network entertainment division, serving as president of ABC Entertainment and later as a top executive at NBC.
Her groundbreaking career and passion for storytelling made her a natural namesake for the fund, which will support Young Storytellers' core programs, including its signature Script to Stage initiative where students write original scripts performed by professional actors. The nonprofit, founded in 1997, partners with Los Angeles Unified School District elementary, middle, and high schools, reaching thousands of students annually. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.