GEMA Externship Program
The Georgetown Entertainment & Media Alliance (GEMA) and the Cawley Career Education Center collaborate every year to put on the GEMA Externship Program for undergraduate seniors and others enrolled in graduate programs at Georgetown’s main campus and the School of Continuing Studies.
The externship program will take place during spring break (March 4–8) in Los Angeles and New York City.
The application deadline for the spring 2024 GEMA externship is the close-of-business on Friday, November 3, 2023.
Your application must include:
- the GEMA externship application form
- Resume
- Cover letter that demonstrates your interest in the entertainment and media industry (drawing on any academic, co-curricular, work or other experiences you may have) and your long-term career goals. How will the GEMA externship experience help you achieve those goals?
- One letter of reference from a faculty member or employer recommending you for the GEMA externship experience (sent directly from individual providing recommendation by email to jlb49@georgetown.edu).
Reach out to Jacki Banks (jlb49@georgetown.edu) with any questions!
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Name: Geritza Carrasco
School & Major: CAS’22 | English
Position: Publishing Assistant, United Talent Agency
“I’m so grateful for the GEMA Externship. It was a week of pure excitement that taught me things I couldn’t learn in the classroom. The connections I made are invaluable to this day, and I was fortunate enough to gain meaningful insights into the entertainment industry alongside friends and peers. I’d recommend GEMA to anyone even remotely interested in a career in entertainment.”
Geritza Carrasco
Alexandra Canal
School & Major: CAS’ 16 English
Position: Senior Reporter at Yahoo Finance
“The GEMA Externship was absolutely invaluable to my career. Through the program, I was able to network and land my very first job (which just so happened to be my dream job) at People Magazine, which was one of the first places we visited as externs. I remember being in awe of the control room and the producers frantically finishing up their scripts. It was my first true taste of the media world and I haven’t looked back since!”
Alexandra Canal
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Chris Almeida
School & Major: CAS’16 | Government & American Musical Culture
Position: General Editor, ESPN & Freelancer for The New Yorker, Bloomberg Businessweek, & The New York Times.
“The Externship was a great opportunity to see how many Georgetown alums worked not only in media, but the kind of media that I was particularly interested in. I was able to talk to writers and editors who had experience in magazines, digital media, and sports—all of which would be relevant to me in the eight years following graduation. And the experience had a longer tail than I was expecting; I was able to reconnect with some people I’d met during the Externship years later to seek their counsel while navigating the always-confusing media industry. The Externship was a great window into a post-college world. But it was also just a lot of fun.”
Chris Almeida