The Georgetown Voice
The Georgetown Voice is Georgetown University’s student-run biweekly campus news magazine. It publishes new print issues every other Friday during the school year and updates its website daily with campus and District of Columbia news, plus commentary, reviews, long-form journalism, sports, and entertainment. The Voice also hosts podcasts and maintains blogs, all written and edited by student volunteers.
The paper began in March 1969. It was started by Steve Pisinski and other former editors of The Hoya after they grew dissatisfied with The Hoya’s coverage of Vietnam War protests. The first issue appeared on March 4, 1969. In its early days, the Voice described its mission as taking a liberal approach to a wide range of issues, not limited to campus topics, and aiming to inform and engage the Georgetown community with open discussion and diverse content.
In 1970, The Hoya suggested a merger with the Voice, citing budget concerns and claiming ideological differences no longer existed. The Voice’s editorial board rejected the merger the next day.
The Voice has expanded beyond print. In 2006 it launched Vox Populi, a daily blog about campus and D.C. news, which ran until 2015. The magazine was even cited in national politics when Sen. Bob Menendez referenced the Voice on the Senate floor in 2007 while discussing the Darfur crisis. In 2014, it started Halftime, a sports and leisure blog focusing on non-campus topics. For its 50th anniversary in 2019, the Voice created the Steve Pisinski Scholarship to support students doing unpaid journalism internships.
Following the 2020 George Floyd protests, the Voice updated its mission to emphasize anti-racism, trauma-informed reporting, and empathetic journalism, with a goal to uplift voices that are often unheard.
In 2022, former Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. acknowledged plagiarizing campaign material from a Voice editorial.
The Voice says its news coverage is non-ideological, but its editorial board is progressive and supportive of labor rights. The publication is led by an editor-in-chief, a managing editor, and executive editors who oversee section editors, who manage the day-to-day content with teams of assistants. The staff also includes roles for business operations, internal resources, website development, and social media. Writing is on a volunteer basis, and there are no membership applications. All board positions are elected under the organization’s rules.
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