Data Journalist Intern: Storytelling & Analytics Pro

The Washington Post; Washington; On-site; USD 2,366,000 - 2,480,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Job summary

The Washington Post is seeking college juniors, seniors and graduate students for the newsroom’s flagship summer internship program. Our interns report and write articles, edit copy, take photographs, shoot and edit video, create graphics, produce audio, design on multiple platforms, develop audience strategy and do data analyses.

They work alongside and learn from award-winning journalists, and we treat them as staff members during their internship.

Qualifications

• Must be a college junior, senior or graduate student enrolled by the application deadline.
• Proficient in data analysis using R or Python.
• Strong writing and visualization skills; experience with GitHub is a plus.
• Commitment to accuracy, clarity and journalistic rigor.

Responsibilities

• Support the newsroom with quick-turn and large-scale data-driven stories.
• Acquire, clean, and analyze data; present results to reporters and editors.
• Write stories and suggest visualizations for presentation.

Skills

Data analysis

R / Python

GitHub

Storytelling

Education

Currently enrolled in a degree program

Tools

R

Python

Job description

The Washington Post is seeking college juniors, seniors and graduate students for the newsroom’s flagship summer internship program. Our interns report and write articles, edit copy, take photographs, shoot and edit video, create graphics, produce audio, design on multiple platforms, develop audience strategy and do data analyses.

They work alongside and learn from award-winning journalists, and we treat them as staff members during their internship.