Newsroom Summer Internship Program 2027: Graphics Reporter

The Washington Post; Washington; On-site; USD 51,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Networking with editors

Mentor guidance

Job summary

The Washington Post invites college juniors, seniors and graduate students to join its flagship summer newsroom internship program in Washington, D.C. Interns report and write articles, edit copy, take photographs, shoot and edit video, design on multiple platforms and develop audience strategies.

You will work alongside award-winning journalists, learning from them as staff members during your internship. Deadline to apply is Oct. 9, 2026, noon ET.

Qualifications

• 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 enjoy identifying stories best told through data visualization, maps or interactive experiences.
• You must be proficient in CSS(3), HTML(5), jQuery and JavaScript.
• You must have experience in developing with databases, XML, JSON, PHP and/or Django.
• You have a commitment to accuracy, clarity and journalistic rigor.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• You will work alongside and learn from award-winning journalists, and interns are treated as staff members during the internship.
• You will utilize the storytelling toolbox – writing, reporting, charting, coding, mapping and data visualization – to weave it all together to tell engaging stories.
• You will create, or assist in creating, news applications such as data-driven maps, databases, social media apps, widgets and mobile tools.

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 should be able to utilize the entire storytelling toolbox – writing, reporting, charting, coding, mapping and data visualization – and know how to weave it all together to tell engaging stories.

• You will create, or assist in creating, news applications such as data-driven maps, databases, social media apps, widgets and mobile tools that will either stand alone or be paired with other digital content.

• You will work closely with reporters and editors in the newsroom, either through mining existing data online, taking in feeds or working with digital producers to imagine new ways to present information.

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 enjoy identifying stories best told through data visualization, maps or interactive experiences.

• You must be proficient in CSS(3), HTML(5), jQuery and JavaScript.

• You must have experience in developing with databases, XML, JSON, PHP and/or Django.

• You have a commitment to accuracy, clarity and journalistic rigor.

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.