Summer 2027 Bartley Fellowship - Opinion Internship-1

Dow Jones & Co.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

Dow Jones invites applicants for the Summer 2027 Bartley Fellowship, a 10-week paid Opinion internship in New York City. Juniors, seniors, or recent graduates will work in the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion section, assisting with research, writing and editing for print and digital editions.

Interns are mentored by editors, may pitch pieces, and will contribute to social media and digital production tasks. Complete applications are due by Nov 30, 2026; U.S.

Qualifications

• Direct experience writing in a journalism context.
• Ability to multitask and meet daily deadlines.
• Familiarity with journalism tech and social media a plus.
• Applicants should show understanding of the Opinion section and its content.

Responsibilities

• Assist in researching, writing and editing content for print and digital editions.
• Contribute to social media and digital production tasks as needed.
• Pitch articles or projects to editors across the Opinion section.

Skills

Writing experience

Editing experience

Multitasking

Social media familiarity

Tools

WSJ/WSJ.com platforms

Job description

Dow Jones & Co.

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets.

Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [e-mail]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line.

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Job Description:

Summer 2027 Bartley Fellowship - Opinion Internship

Job Description:

The Wall Street Journal's Opinion section seeks beginning journalists-juniors, seniors or recent graduates (within one year of graduation) with reporting and writing experience at their school newspapers or elsewhere—for a 10-week paid summer internship in our New York City office. The in-person internship is an opportunity to get hands‑on experience working alongside some of the best opinion writers and editors in the world.

Our internships-formally the Bartley Fellowships-honor the Journal's former Opinion editor, Robert L. Bartley. Opportunities will be awarded to young thinkers and writers who intend to pursue a career in journalism, whose views are broadly consistent with Bob's, and the Opinion section's, philosophy. It is essential that applicants be familiar with, and interested in, the ideas for which the Journal editorial page stands.

Several fellows will be selected each year through an application process that will be judged by senior editors. Bartley Fellows will be assigned to a department within the Opinion section - Features (Op-Eds and Columns); Arts in Review; or Books. They will assist in researching, writing and editing content for the print and digital editions of the Journal, and will contribute as needed to social media and digital production tasks. While they're assigned to a department for the summer, all interns are encouraged to pitch articles or projects to editors elsewhere in the Opinion section.

Internships are paid and generally take place over June, July and August, though start dates can be flexible in certain circumstances.

Guidelines and Application Deadline:

Applicants should have direct experience writing, and ideally editing, in a journalism context. A demonstrated ability to multitask and meet daily deadlines is critical for success. Applicants should be familiar with technology as it relates to journalism. Social media experience with a publication or brand would be a plus. Applicants who are able to demonstrate familiarity with our section's content will be especially attractive (student applicants without campus-wide access to the WSJ can purchase discounted subscriptions at wsj.com/studentoffer).

Students from any discipline may apply, but historically, we've been most interested in students concentrating on Journalism, Communications, Economics, Political Science, International Studies, History, a Foreign Language, Statistics, Finance, Pre-Law, Science, Business, Marketing, Religious Studies or Philosophy. Students from outside these disciplines are welcome to apply and should include a three-sentence case in their cover letter for why their field of study would be an asset for the section.

All materials must be received by Nov. 30, 2026.

• A cover letter
• Your résumé
• Links to or cited full text of your three best clips
• Your response to one of the following prompts in no more than 600 words: Write an editorial either consistent with the WSJ's philosophy in response to a current event in the news or defending your most controversial opinion. Write a sample letter to the editor responding to a recent WSJ editorial, Op-Ed or column. Compare and contrast two opposing arguments from any reliable, professional source(s) on the same topic. Submit an original investigative Op-Ed or original Opinion piece that is suitable in terms of style, tone of voice and topic for publication in the Journal.

Only complete applications that include a cover letter, résumé and responses to the prompt will be considered.

Please do not include any additional materials, such as transcripts, recommendation letters, etc.

In order to be considered, you must be a U.S. citizen, or a holder of a green card or visa that will allow you to work in the United States.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we endeavor to make selections by the end of February. Only finalists will be contacted.

About Bob Bartley

Throughout his 30 years as The Wall Street Journal's Editorial Page Editor, Bob Bartley inspired principled and original thinking that changed and shaped the society in which we live. He also devoted attention to teaching and motivating talented young people, many of whom have gone on to careers in journalism at the Journal and elsewhere. The Bartley Fellowships are consistent with that legacy.

Bob Bartley achieved many honors during his long tenure here, including a Pulitzer Prize and, shortly before his death in December 2003, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In awarding that medal, President George W. Bush cited Bob as "one of the most influential journalists in American history."The Robert L. Bartley Fellowships will help to perpetuate not only Bob's memory but, above all, the principles and priorities to which he devoted his distinguished career.

About the Opinion Section

Following the American newspaper practice, the heads of News and Editorial report independently to the publisher of the Journal and CEO of Dow Jones, Almar Latour. The Editorial staff is responsible for the Opinion content published on WSJ.com, the editorial and op-ed pages of The Wall Street Journal in print, and criticism of books and the arts, which are recognized at the Journal as an Opinion function.

While The Wall Street Journal's news pages are committed to informing our readers, our editorials are dedicated to advocating a consistent philosophy and positions that emanate from it. That philosophy can be summed up as "free markets, free people." We have stood for these fundamental principles even in times-and places-when they were not considered fashionable. While specific issues differ in various parts of the world, we view those issues through a consistent lens everywhere; for example, while protectionism is more popular in some parts of the world than others, our publications around the world are committed uncompromisingly to free trade.

We believe in the individual, in his wisdom and his decency. We oppose all infringements on individual rights, whether they stem from attempts at private monopoly, labor union monopoly or from an overgrowing government. Our section is not easily pigeonholed or predictable. We resist the label "conservative,"