Data Journalist

News Corp UK & Ireland Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization is seeking an early-career Data Journalist to join its award-winning data team. This role requires confidence in analyzing and writing about data with the ability to generate creative data stories. The successful candidate will support newsrooms through data analysis, visualisation, and team collaboration. The organization values diverse perspectives and offers a range of employee benefits, including generous holiday and training opportunities.

Benefits

Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full salary

Wide range of training available

Private medical insurance

Discounted gym memberships

Access to exclusive events

Generous pension scheme with employer contributions

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Confident in both analysing and writing about data.
• Creative ideas for data projects.
• Ability to work well as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Generate, pitch and write data stories on various topics.
• Support reporters and editors with data analysis and visualisation.
• Promote the team’s work through social video.
• Maintain The Times data page.
• Willing to work late hours and weekends as required.

Skills

Spreadsheet skills

Basic coding ability (R or python)

Experience using Datawrapper, Flourish, or similar tools

Familiarity with AI tools

Basic grasp of statistics

Writing under pressure on deadline

Job description

Job Description

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

Your Team

The data team offers an essential service to both newsrooms, fact‑checking misleading claims, generating stories and informing our readers. Our work has won numerous awards for data design, statistical excellence and investigative journalism.

Your Role

We are looking for an early‑career Data Journalist to join our award‑winning data team. The successful candidate will be confident in both analysing and writing about data. They will have great ideas for data projects, but also work well as a team.

Apply with a cover letter and CV by 1st February.

Day to day you will

• Generate, pitch and write data stories on a range of different topics
• Support reporters and editors with data analysis and visualisation
• Help promote the team’s work through social video
• Help maintain The Times data page
• Be willing to work late hours and weekends where required

What we’re looking for from you

• Spreadsheet skills are essential
• Basic coding ability (R or python) is preferential
• Experience using Datawrapper, Flourish, or similar visualisation tools
• Familiarity with AI tools
• A basic grasp of statistics
• Writing under pressure on deadline

We are News UK

One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market‑leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world‑famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities – attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee‑led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like‑minded employees socially.

Benefits

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre‑existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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