Editorial Research & Data Associate, Policy Newsletter

Nationaljournal; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Job summary

National Journal is hiring an Editorial Research & Data Associate to join our editorial team and help produce National Journal Daily, our daily political and policy newsletter for government affairs professionals.

The role is an early-career analyst or journalist who curates, researches, and helps produce the Daily—synthesizing news, data, and insights for timely analysis, charts, and graphics to inform decision-makers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, political science, public policy, or related field.
• Ability to curate and synthesize data into clear visuals and insights.
• Strong writing and editing skills with newsroom or coursework background.
• Experience coordinating deadlines and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Create daily charts and graphics from diverse data sources to visualize the day’s big picture.
• Curate the day’s political and policy news across national and state sources for inside-the-Beltway audience.
• Contribute original data-driven content ranging from short-form reports to in-depth data dives.
• Leverage AI tools for research, drafting, and data visualization with strong factual accuracy.
• Collaborate with teams to align coverage and manage production deadlines.
• Search for academic studies, think tank papers, charts, and testimony to illuminate policy issues.

Skills

Data visualization

Research

Editorial writing

Project management

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Political Science, Public Policy, or related fields

Tools

Datawrapper

Canva

HubSpot

Python

Web scraping

Job description

National Journal is hiring an Editorial Research & Data Associate to join our editorial team and help produce National Journal Daily, our daily political and policy newsletter for government affairs professionals.

The role is an early-career analyst or journalist who curates, researches, and helps produce the Daily—synthesizing news, data, and insights for timely analysis, charts, and graphics to inform decision-makers.