Data Journalist: Data-Driven Storytelling

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SENIORITY

Intern

About the role

The Washington Post offers a flagship newsroom summer internship for college juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Interns report and write articles, edit copy, and contribute across platforms, gaining hands-on experience with data-driven storytelling and visual journalism. Interns are mentored by award-winning journalists, are treated as staff, and engage in data analysis, visualization, and audience strategy while producing multimedia content in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Before you apply

Applying takes about a minute. These four things decide how fast it moves after that.

Your profile is current

It's what we read first. Occupations, seniority and locations matter more than a long history.

Two examples you can talk through

Not a portfolio — just two pieces of work where you can explain the decisions and what you'd change.

A number in mind

What you're on now and what would make you move. We negotiate better when we know both.

Your notice period

Employers plan around it, and it's the question that stalls offers most often.

Once you apply, someone reads it and calls you before anything reaches the employer — usually within two working days.