The Wall Street Journal Visual Investigations Internship (Summer 2027)

News Corp; New York (NY); On-site; USD 39,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal internship program in New York offers college juniors and eligible graduates the chance to work with our data and visual investigations teams. You will help with data cleaning, scraping and visualization, contributing to investigative stories and open-source reporting.

You will work cross-functionally with reporters and editors, and gain hands-on experience analyzing large datasets, using OSINT to verify evidence, and pitching editorially strong visual journalism with

Qualifications

• Analytical journalism: clean, analyze and visualize data to support reporting.
• Scrape and mold unstructured data using Python, R and SQL.
• Familiarity with JavaScript, D3.js, 3D modeling, animation and OSINT reporting techniques.

Responsibilities

• Contribute reporting, data analysis, open-source reporting and visual verification to investigative projects.
• Work cross-functionally with reporters and editors across the newsroom.
• Engage in audience-first visual storytelling using maps, video, satellite imagery and interactive graphics.
• Gain hands-on experience with OSINT to verify digital evidence under rigorous editorial standards.

Skills

Data analysis

Python

SQL

R

JavaScript

D3.js

Geolocation

Video verification

OSINT

Collaboration

Tools

D3.js

Job description

Job Description:

The Wall Street Journal internship program is an opportunity primarily for college juniors to work with our award-winning data and visual investigations teams in New York. Graduate students enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline – October 31– who are returning to school in the fall are also eligible to apply. Graduating seniors should apply to WSJ News Associates.

Applicants should be excited at the prospect of scraping poorly formed websites, reviewing massive datasets, analyzing satellite imagery, geolocating and chronolocating videos and photos, and digging through public records, including FOIA requests. You will have the opportunity to pitch editorially strong visual journalism, which may include data-driven interactives, maps, charts and explanatory graphics, as well as help experiment with AI-powered reporting workflows.

You will:

Contribute reporting, data analysis, open-source reporting and visual verification to ambitious investigative projects and quicker-turn visual stories.

Work cross-functionally with reporters and editors across the newsroom

Be immersed in audience-first visual storytelling that aims to reveal critical information through maps, video, satellite imagery, and interactive graphics.

Gain hands-on experience analyzing large datasets and utilizing open-source intelligence (OSINT) to verify digital evidence and uncover hidden truths while maintaining rigorous editorial standards.

You have:

An analytical approach to journalism, with experience cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing data to support reporting.

The ability to scrape and mold unstructured data using tools like Python, R and SQL.

Familiarity with JavaScript, D3.js, 3D modeling, animation, video editing and open-source reporting techniques such as geolocation, video and photo verification is a significant bonus.

Completed at least one prior reporting internship with another professional media organization or published exceptional data or visua l or open-source investigative work with a campus news outlet or as a freelancer.

You should be a self-starter with a collaborative mindset who understands the needs of our audience across multiple platforms and is able to work independently under deadline pressure. Dedication to high journalistic standards and excellent reporting skills are required. A demonstrated interest in business reporting is a plus, though prior business/finance reporting experience is not required.

Internship timing:

10 weeks between June and August.

Only finalists will be contacted. We will review applications on a rolling basis and strive to make selections by the end of January.

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Base Pay Range: $28.57 - $28.57

We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

The Wall Street Journal is a global news organization that provides leading news, information, commentary and analysis. The Wall Street Journal engages readers across print, digital, mobile, social, audio, and video. Building on its heritage as the preeminent source of global business and financial news, the Journal includes coverage of U.S. and world news, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle, sports, and health. It holds more than three dozen Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism. The Wall Street Journal is published by Dow Jones, a division of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).