Community Media of the Foothills (CMF)

The Ralph Walker Paid Internship

The Ralph Walker Paid Internship at Community Media of the Foothill’s KGEM Studio in Monrovia is for juniors and seniors in the Monrovia and Duarte communities. The internship is for students interested in the studies of journalism, communications, social justice, and broadcasting.

The paid internship is in honor of the late Ralph Walker. A prolific producer at Monrovia’s KGEM for over 30 + years, he hosted his show and reported on meaningful events, he created a historical media archive centered on humanity, freedom of speech and the utilization of public access TV.

Community Media of the Foothills/ KGEM a non-profit public access organization is memorializing Ralph Walker with this paid internship and has produced a feature-length documentary, “The Godfather of KGEM”, that chronicles his 30+ year legacy of being a community activist and citizen journalist. The paid internship will offer juniors and seniors at Monrovia and Duarte schools the opportunity to learn about how a public access studio functions and why it is vital to have a media access center available to amplify noncommercial community voices.

We will be interviewing candidates in August 2023 for January 2024 internship.