Newsroom Summer Internship Program 2027: Designer

Nashville Public Radio; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 41,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

The Washington Post invites college juniors, seniors and graduate students to join its flagship summer internship program. Interns report and write, edit copy, shoot and edit video, create graphics, produce audio, and design across platforms under staff-like conditions.

Based at our Washington, D.C. headquarters, interns are paid $1021.13 per week and gain hands-on experience alongside award-winning journalists.

Qualifications

• Must be a college junior, senior or graduate student enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript; experience with Photoshop and InDesign.
• Ability to work across deadlines in a fast-paced newsroom.

Responsibilities

• Craft innovative, visual packages across website, mobile app, newsletters and social media.
• Experiment with different storytelling formats.
• Create engaging illustrations for use across platforms.
• Assist with reporting, photography, video production and data analyses as needed.

Skills

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Photoshop

InDesign

Video editing

Illustration

Education

College student status

Tools

Photography

Video editing

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 will craft innovative, visual packages and presentations of our content across our website, mobile app, newsletters and social media.
• You will experiment with different storytelling formats.
• You will create engaging, content-driven illustrations for use across multiple platforms.

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 believe in the power of illustration and design to deepen engagement.
• You are a strong visual designer, able to work well on deadline, and have experience working with photography and video.
• You are proficient in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Photoshop and InDesign.
• You have a commitment to accuracy, clarity and journalistic rigor.

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.