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Join The Hoya
Since 1920, The Hoya has served Georgetown University and the Georgetown neighborhood as the university’s newspaper of record. The Hoya provides a community for students regardless of prior experience or writing ability in Leavey 421. We pride ourselves on maintaining and strengthening the community of staffers we have built over the past 100 years.
How to Join
Please complete this interest form by Jan. 15 at 11:59 p.m. to indicate your interest in joining The Hoya.
Those interested in becoming either a member of the Editorial Board or a columnist must complete an application. The Editorial Board application can be found here, and the columnist application can be found here. Please email your completed application(s) the appropriate section editors by Jan. 15 at 11:59 p.m.
We will be tabling at CAB Fair in the Healy Family Student Center (HFSC) Jan. 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will also table in Red Square Jan. 11 and Jan. 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For those interested in seeing our work and the publication process, our open house will be Jan. 14 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in our office, Leavey 421.
To highlight the importance of journalism, we will host a career panel Jan. 11 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the HFSC Social Room.
For those who are interested in meeting one-on-one with our section editors, please sign up for coffee chats.
Please follow our social media and this website page for updates on the hiring process. Anyone who misses the interest form deadline may still join sections that are not limited by capacity, including News, Sports, Science, The Guide, Photo, Multimedia, Design and Blog. Email those section editors (emails found on their profiles), our Human Resources Director ([email protected]) and [email protected] to receive information on our onboarding process after the interest form deadline.
Contact Information
Patrick Clapsaddle, chair of the board — [email protected]
Maren Fagan, editor in chief — [email protected]
Peter Sloniewsky, general manager — [email protected]
Have any questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Entry-Level Editorial Division Positions
News
News staff writers work with desk editors to cover five beats: student life, academics, grad, city and events. Writers cover any and all news and events relevant to the Georgetown University community. Working in the News section trains you to write critically, concisely and on a deadline, and is a great way to join a tight-knit community.
Features
The Features section is The Hoya’s investigative cohort. Features writers focus on long-term reporting projects across a wide variety of Georgetown-related topics. The Features team is the perfect community for self-driven, creative applicants.
Opinion
Opinion assistants provide the first edits on Viewpoint (Op-Ed) submissions, columns and letters to the editor, all while soliciting future content from the Georgetown community. Opinion assistants are editors who do not produce any Viewpoints of their own, while Opinion columnists are writers who publish articles every other week (the Opinion columnist application can be found below, separate from our general application). Working in the Opinion section provides opportunities to develop skills in editing, argumentation and communication.
Sports
The Sports section helps to capture the athletic spirit of Georgetown. Writers will initially be responsible for articles on Georgetown’s athletics programs once teams resume competing. Currently, writers are crafting biweekly columns on specific topics on the sports world outside of Georgetown.
Science
Science staff writers cover on-campus and off-campus topics related to science and technology with a focus on Georgetown and the greater Washington, D.C. area.
The Guide
Writers for The Guide cover arts and culture at Georgetown and in the greater Washington, D.C. area. You will have opportunities to review films, television shows, albums, performances, exhibitions and restaurants. You can also contribute to larger feature stories about other cultural topics relevant to the Georgetown community.
Copy
The Copy team upholds the integrity of The Hoya by fact-checking and editing stories for grammar and style. As a copy assistant, you will read through articles to make sure they are factually correct and in accordance with The Hoya’s in-house style guide.
Photo
Photo works to help every article come to life. As a member of the Photo section, you will help take, source, organize and pair photos with articles from all sections of the paper.
Design
The Design team is responsible for the visual components of The Hoya. The team ensures that The Hoya’s style, content and advertisements are aesthetically consistent. As a Design assistant, you will help in the essential working of laying the article on the pages so the paper is ready to print. You will also create illustrations and infographics to accompany our articles. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other sections to transfer ideas into visually appealing designs.
Audience Engagement
Audience Engagement staffers work creatively and collaboratively, ensuring The Hoya’s content is shared in an exciting and organized manner across all platforms. As a member of the Audience Engagement team, you have the opportunity to contribute to our social media, assist with newsletters, strategize for increasing readership and more!
Multimedia
Members of the Multimedia team will have the opportunity to work in a number of different formats, including video, audio and animation, to report on everything from happenings around campus to the wider D.C. area. You will have the chance to work alongside writers in other sections in order to expand their written work with your own multimedia features. You can contribute to larger section-wide projects as well as take the lead on your own work depending on your interest within different media.
Blog
Our blog, The Fourth Edition (4E), combines the ~quirky~ with the practical. The section is a great way to write and present information relevant to the Georgetown community in a more informal manner, focusing on anything from satire and comedy to lifestyle and how-to guides. As a member of the Blog, you’ll be writing articles (gifs encouraged!), getting creative and cracking jokes with the team!
Entry-Level Publishing Division Positions
Business Operations
New Business Operations associates are responsible for the management of the newspaper’s finances and verification of transactions involving The Hoya, as well as selling print and online advertisements to local businesses, providing the funds that allow us to produce the paper. FinOps helps you master your elevator pitch, engage with potential customers and bring The Hoya out into the surrounding community. You will gain insight into the daily operations of the business. This critical component of The Hoya requires attention to detail.
Technology
The Technology team will handle all matters related to tech at The Hoya, including maintaining and redesigning The Hoya’s website, working with the Technology director to help The Hoya innovate and improve its tech, and communicating with other organizations and stakeholders to improve The Hoya’s digital presence. As a tech associate, you will work on solo and group projects with other members of The Hoya’s leadership and help drive the direction of this new section.
Contributor Applications
Opinion
Columnists are among the most recognizable contributors at The Hoya, and their commentary plays an important role in campus dialogue. A successful column approaches a broad topic through the columnist’s unique angle. Past columns have commonly focused on religion, politics or student life, but applicants should not limit themselves to those areas.
Editorial Board
The Editorial Board of The Hoya, which consists of three members of the community and three internal staffers, pens one unsigned editorial per week on issues pertinent to the Georgetown community. Members of the Editorial Board meet at least once a week to discuss potential editorials, then work with the opinion editor to write the editorials.
The Guide
The Guide is looking for columnists in the following areas: lifestyle, arts and entertainment, and food and drink. Columnists should offer a unique or different perspective, so please pick an area of interest in which you feel you can make a distinctive contribution. Columns can range in style and in topic, but a columnist should be able to both entertain and enlighten readers while sharing their own original opinion.
Sports
Sports writers expand beyond Georgetown athletics to address the greater sports world in their columns. From discussing key developments in the NFL to calling attention to social justice issues in sports, columnists make bold claims and compelling arguments to sway their readers.
Science
Science writers focus on an issue in the world of science, whether that be the dangers or benefits of AI or inequality in health care. Science columnists will select a theme regarding a particular science issue and convey a clear argument in each individual column that can be backed up with evidence. Past columns have covered areas such as diversity in the STEM field and environmentally-friendly habits for college students.
