Visual Investigations Intern: Data & OSINT Reporter

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal internship program in New York offers hands-on experience with our data and visual investigations teams. College juniors or graduate students returning to school are eligible.

You will explore data scraping, large datasets, satellite imagery, and OSINT to verify information and support editorial storytelling. You will collaborate with reporters and editors, contribute to data-driven visuals, and learn AI-powered workflows for journalism.

Qualifications

• Analytical approach to journalism with data support.
• Experience cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing data for reporting.
• Ability to scrape and mold unstructured data using Python, R, SQL.
• Familiarity with JavaScript, D3.js, 3D modeling, animation, video editing and OSINT verification.
• Completed at least one prior internship with a media organization or published data/visual work.
• Self-starter with collaborative mindset and ability to work under deadline pressure.
• Interest in business reporting is a plus.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Data analysis

Python

R

SQL

JavaScript

D3.js

3D modeling

Animation

Video editing

OSINT

Internship experience

Tools

D3.js

Job description

The Wall Street Journal internship program in New York offers hands-on experience with our data and visual investigations teams. College juniors or graduate students returning to school are eligible.

You will explore data scraping, large datasets, satellite imagery, and OSINT to verify information and support editorial storytelling. You will collaborate with reporters and editors, contribute to data-driven visuals, and learn AI-powered workflows for journalism.