Newsroom Summer Internship Program 2027: Data Journalist

The Washington Post; Washington Township, Washington (IA, District of Columbia); On-site; USD 53,000 - 57,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

The Washington Post offers a flagship newsroom summer internship for college juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Interns report and write articles, edit copy, and contribute across platforms, gaining hands-on experience with data-driven storytelling and visual journalism.

Interns are mentored by award-winning journalists, are treated as staff, and engage in data analysis, visualization, and audience strategy while producing multimedia content in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Must be a college junior, senior or graduate student enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline.
• Reporter skilled in data-driven storytelling using R or Python.

Responsibilities

• Report and write articles, edit copy, and contribute to multiple platforms.
• Take photographs and shoot/edit video for various formats.
• Create graphics and produce audio content for diverse storytelling formats.
• Develop audience strategy and perform data analyses to inform reporting.

Skills

R

Python

Data analysis

Visual storytelling

GitHub

Education

Enrolled in a degree program

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Join the future of news

We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.

About Our Team

The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand&Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering&Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing&Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.

Why This Role Matters

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.

What Motivates You

You’re driven to capture the stories that inform, educate, inspire and delight audiences, using different formats and mediums. You thrive in fast‑moving environments and on deadline. You are eager to work across a large, ambitious, collaborative newsroom.

How You’ll Support the Mission

You’ll work across the newsroom on a wide range of stories, from quick‑turn coverage to large‑scale projects. You’ll acquire, clean and analyze data and present your results to reporters and editors. You’ll write stories and suggest possibilities for visualization and presentation.

The Skills and Experience You Bring

You must be a college junior, senior or graduate student enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline, which is noon Eastern time on Friday, Oct.9, 2026. You are a technically adept reporter who works in R or Python and is infused with skepticism, bold ideas for analyses and smart storytelling approaches using data. Sharp writing and visualization skills are a plus, as is experience using GitHub. You have a commitment to accuracy, clarity and journalistic rigor. Applications should include a résumé, autobiographical essay (which should be no more than 500 words), and a link to your work portfolio or copies of no more than three clips that demonstrate your best data‑driven work. Please include an explanation of your role in each clip. Cover letters are not required. Materials can be submitted as links or documents to the same field labeled Resume/Cover Letter/Work Samples. The deadline to apply is noon Eastern on Friday, Oct.9, 2026. This position will be based out of our Washington, D.C., headquarters. Interns are paid $1021.13/week.

Learn more about The Post at careers.washingtonpost.com.

We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.

We are powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us.

Join the future of news

Your story awaits.