Guardian Australia is part of Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of theguardian.com. As a leading global media organisation, we are renowned for our pioneering independent journalism and our award-winning digital products.
We are seeking a data journalist with coding and writing skills to join our data and interactives team to make award-winning data and visual journalism for Guardian Australia. This role is open to candidates based in Sydney or Melbourne.
In this role you will…
- Find and tell stories within simple or complex data using a variety of research and analysis skills
- Write clearly and quickly for breaking news, explainers, datablogs and investigative reports
- Create data visualisations ranging from quick, responsive charts to more detailed and complex interactive features
- Automate data gathering and analysis with Python, R or another language
- Collaborate with developers, editors and other Guardian Australia journalists on news and special features
You’ll bring….
Knowledge and experience
- Ability to find and research data sources
- Proven data analysis skills
- Use of R, Python or another programming language, particularly for data analysis, scraping, visualisation, and automation
- Previous experience in designing and building data visualisations and interactive graphics
- Experience with d3 and svelte a plus, but not essential
- Experience in writing news or analysis based on own data analysis
- Previous experience working as a data journalist is desirable, but not essential for a candidate with strong analysis and visualisation skills from outside the media
- An interest in new and experimental methods of storytelling
- Ideally, you’ll have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to this role
- A passion for independent journalism and an understanding of our editorial code and values
Skills / behaviours
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to build effective working relationships with people at all levels, and to collaborate with small team
- Tactful, adaptable team player
- Highly motivated, proactive, with strong initiative
- Efficient, organised and good at meeting strict deadlines
- Proactively ensure skills up-to-date
- Share inspiration with team
- High attention to detail
- Capable of adapting quickly to a fast changing environment
- Confident in own capabilities
- Up-to-speed on the latest trends and technologies
- Our values - honesty, integrity, courage, fairness, and a sense of duty to the reader and the community
About working at Guardian Australia…
- Hybrid working
- Employee assistance program (EAP) to support employee wellbeing
- Paid volunteer leave
- Dedicated diversity and inclusion employee groups, action plans (including our Reconciliation Action Plan) and cultural competency training
- Guardian digital subscription
For more information please view the full job description here.
This role is being offered on a full-time, permanent basis, with early starts and/or late finishes.
To apply for this position, please apply online and upload your résumé (maximum three pages) plus covering letter. In your covering letter please outline your motivation for applying for the role and why you think you are suitable.
Closing date for applications: 22 July 2026
If you have application questions or if you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email [email protected]
We believe that our role in the Australian media is to give a voice to the most marginalised people in society and value and respect all differences in all people — including people of colour, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from different social classes, people with diverse gender and sexual identities, and people with disabilities (seen and unseen). We believe that these communities must be centred in the work we do, bringing a new perspective and a diversity of thought. We also encourage flexible working and aim to create a work environment where all employees feel respected.
GNM Australia Limited (Guardian Australia) is proud to be a fair and ethical employer. Australian editorial minimum rates of pay by band and grade are outlined in the Journalists (GNM Australia Pty Ltd) Enterprise Agreement 2024 for roles that fall under its coverage.
Skills Required
- Ability to find and research data sources
- Proven data analysis skills
- Use of R, Python or another programming language for analysis, scraping, visualisation or automation
- Experience designing and building data visualisations and interactive graphics
- Experience with d3
- Experience with Svelte
- Experience writing news or analysis based on own data analysis
- Previous experience as a data journalist
- Interest in new and experimental methods of storytelling
- Ability to bring diverse perspectives to reporting
- Passion for independent journalism and understanding of editorial code and values
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to collaborate in small teams
- Able to meet strict deadlines and adapt quickly to fast-changing environments
What We Do
Guardian News & Media (GNM) publishes theguardian.com, one of the world’s leading English-language newspaper websites. It also has a presence in the US and Australia as Guardian US and Guardian Australia. Traffic from outside of the UK now represents around two-thirds of the Guardian’s total digital audience. In the UK, GNM publishes the Guardian newspaper six days a week, first published in 1821, and the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, The Observer. The Guardian is renowned for its agenda-setting journalism including, most recently the Cambridge Analytica, Paradise and Panama Papers investigations as well as the Pulitzer Prize and Emmy-winning NSA revelations.
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