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
The Hoya will update information for joining The Hoya for the Fall 2026 semester in the late summer and early fall.
The Hoya is an open-access community, and to join, you must complete an interest form to indicate your interest in joining The Hoya. The interest form will be posted in the fall.
Some sections and positions are limited by capacity and require taking a skills-based test and/or sitting for an interview. These sections are Copy, Opinion and Features. As an open-access organization, even if you are not able to join capacity-limited sections, we will gladly welcome you to other sections.
Those interested in becoming either a member of the Editorial Board or a columnist must complete an application. Applications will be posted here in the fall, and must be emailed to the appropriate section editors before the deadline.
To learn more about The Hoya in the fall, please watch for us tabling at CAB Fair and Red Square in the fall. Additionally, we will host an open house for new students to see our work and learn about our publication process in early fall. Dates and times will be finalized closer to the event and posted here and on social media.
In the fall, there will also be the opportunity of learning more about specific sections with one-on-one coffee chats with senior editors.
Please check 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
Paulina Inglima, chair of the board — [email protected]
Nora Toscano, editor-in-chief — [email protected]
Connor Manrique-Johnson, 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 six beats: campus life, academics, grad, the Georgetown University Student Administration (GUSA), 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 is separate from our general interest form). 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 various athletics programs when teams are in season. Additionally, writers can cover a variety of professional sports leagues and sporting topics.
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
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.
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 MLB 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.
