Job Description:
Are you a driven, student journalist eager to work in an award-winning newsroom before your senior year? The Wall Street Journal graphics internship offers an unparalleled opportunity for college juniors to gain practical work experience in our award-winning newsroom in New York with mentorship and tailored training sessions. 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.
We are looking for ambitious students who think foremost about the audience and are able to work independently under deadline pressure. You don’t need to be a business or economics expert, but a commitment to high journalistic standards is a must.
You will:
- Produce compelling, and editorially strong, visual journalism, both alone and across teams, that take advantage of your strengths. This may include data-driven interactives, maps, charts, or other explanatory work.
- Learn WSJ systems and best practices for the creation of information graphics.
You have:
- Completed at least one prior reporting internship with another professional media organization or published exceptional work with a campus news outlet or as a freelancer.
- Dedication to high journalism standards.
- A demonstrated interest in business reporting is a plus, though prior business or economics reporting experience isn’t required.
- Experience with Adobe Illustrator or Datawrapper is required.
- Experience with and interest in responsible AI experimentation, data analysis, data-driven projects is encouraged.
- Experience with front-end development is a significant bonus.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please upload one PDF document (max. 5MB) if possible; You may upload a second PDF with your work examples if the files are large. Your application document should contain:
- A cover letter that highlights why you would be an asset to the team.
- Three examples of your graphics reporting work outlining your role and/or contribution. These can be links included in your cover letter or screenshots in an appendix.
- Your résumé.
The deadline to apply is Oct. 31 at midnight Eastern time. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.
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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Visit https://careers.wsj.jobs. First, please make sure your question isn’t already answered here.
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Business Area:
Dow Jones - News - WSJ
Job Category:
Administration, Facilities & Secretarial
Union Status:
Non-Union role
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.
Skills Required
- Be a college junior or an enrolled graduate student returning to school in the fall
- Complete at least one prior reporting internship with a professional media organization, or publish exceptional work with a campus news outlet or as a freelancer
- Demonstrate dedication to high journalism standards
- Have experience with Adobe Illustrator or Datawrapper
- Demonstrate interest in business reporting
- Have experience with or interest in responsible AI experimentation, data analysis, and data-driven projects
- Have front-end development experience
What We Do
When you join Dow Jones, you become part of the most dynamic, creative and savvy news and information companies in the world. As a global leader in news and business intelligence, we're newswires, websites, newspapers, apps, newsletters, databases, magazines, and video --including some of the widest-read and most-respected brands, like The Wall Street Journal, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource. Our products inform the discussions and decisions that are vital to the world's commerce, while our databases make the business world more transparent. We continually develop technology to transform information into insight and prosperity. We enlighten and inspire audiences around the globe with authoritative, differentiated and trusted content.
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