Impact-Driven Data Analyst, Newsroom Analytics

Nashville Public Radio; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Data Analyst to join the newsroom data team in New York. You will build dashboards, write SQL, and support analyses that inform editorial, audience, and product decisions.

The role emphasizes using AI tools to accelerate work, collaborating with senior analysts, and growing into independent ownership while maintaining high data quality and clear communication.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years in data analytics, BI, or related field or relevant internship/project.
• Proficient SQL skills with non-trivial datasets.
• Experience with modern BI/dashboarding tools (Looker, Tableau, Mode).
• Curiosity and fast learner with ability to pick up new concepts.
• Strong written and verbal communication; explains data to non-technical partners.

Responsibilities

• Write SQL to translate requests into clean, scoped queries and communicate results.
• Build and maintain dashboards and recurring reports for self-serve access.
• Support deep-dive analyses for major events, high-priority moments, and performance shifts.
• Troubleshoot data quality issues and work with data engineering to resolve.
• Contribute to A/B tests and analysis; grow into independent ownership.
• Learn taxonomies and datasets, maintain documentation and patterns.

Skills

SQL

BI Tools

Communication

Python

Data Warehousing

Git

A/B Testing

Journalism interest

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Mode

BigQuery

Job description

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Data Analyst to join the newsroom data team in New York. You will build dashboards, write SQL, and support analyses that inform editorial, audience, and product decisions.

The role emphasizes using AI tools to accelerate work, collaborating with senior analysts, and growing into independent ownership while maintaining high data quality and clear communication.