Newsroom Summer Internship Program 2027: Digital Desk Editor

washpost; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 41,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipend

Job summary

The Washington Post invites college juniors, seniors and graduate students to join its flagship newsroom internship program in Washington, D.C. Interns report and write articles, edit copy, take photographs, shoot and edit video, create graphics, produce audio, design across platforms, develop audience strategy and perform data analyses.

You will work alongside award-winning journalists and are treated as staff members during the internship.

Qualifications

• Must be a college junior, senior or graduate student enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline.
• Strong understanding of style, grammar and sentence structure, and ability to edit for clarity.
• Ability to work calmly under intense deadlines.
• Commitment to accuracy, clarity and journalistic rigor.

Responsibilities

• Edit stories across news, features and enterprise with accuracy, clarity, fairness and accessibility.
• Write and refine headlines, summaries and photo captions for digital audiences.
• Help program The Post's homepage and app, delivering a compelling reader experience across devices.

Skills

Editing stories

Headline writing

Photo captions

Audience strategy

Data analysis

Education

College student status (junior/senior/grad)

Job description

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.

How You'll Support the Mission

• You will edit stories across news, features and enterprise with a commitment to accuracy, clarity, fairness and accessibility.
• You will write and refine headlines, summaries and photo captions that are tailored for digital audiences.
• You will help program The Post's homepage and app, delivering a compelling reader experience across devices.

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 have a strong understanding of style, grammar and sentence structure, and are able to edit for clarity.
• You are able to work calmly under intense deadlines.
• 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 up to six examples of news or feature stories that you have edited, preferably files that include a headline and caption(s) for web. Please include an explanation of your role in the clips. The portfolio should be contained in one PDF or link on your application form. 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.