Photo Editor/Photographer Internship

Dow Jones

100d • $28 - $28

About The Position

The Wall Street Journal photo editor/photographer internship is an opportunity primarily for college juniors to work in our award-winning newsroom. Graduate students enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline – October 31, 2025 – who are returning to school in the fall are also eligible to apply. Graduating seniors should apply to WSJ News Associates. This internship will be either a full time photo editing role, covering a range of subject areas and with department production assistance, or a hybrid photo editor/photographer role, with an expected 1-2 days in the field per week alongside photo editing duties. The role will depend on the candidates and you should specify your preference in the cover letter. As intern photo editor, you will produce and build visual assets for news stories and enterprise content with attention to detail in a fast-paced newsroom, anticipating photographic needs as stories develop. You will be expected to deliver photos for breaking news and live news coverage, conduct social media research, and may be expected to assign freelance work. You will be building stories in our CMS, conducting research using various photo wire agencies. You will collaborate with other photo editors, visual colleagues, reporters and editors across the newsroom. You will also have the opportunity to pitch visually innovative and original approaches to stories and to collaborate with the audience and platform teams on social strategy and distribution of WSJ content. In your role as intern photographer, you will go on news and portraiture assignments for the WSJ team, ranging from business coverage to breaking news to features. You will be required to think creatively and produce visual narratives for complex stories, following your brief in detail and filing quickly with accurate captions.

Requirements

• Must be a college junior or graduate student returning to school in the fall.
• 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.
• Familiarity with photo editing programs, such as Photoshop and Photo Mechanic.
• Knowledge of photojournalism and documentary photography.
• Social media savviness, from X to Instagram.
• Basic coding skills are a plus.
• Ability to work independently under deadline pressure.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in business coverage or breaking news.
• Creative thinking skills.
• Strong commitment to high journalistic standards.

Responsibilities

• Produce and build visual assets for news stories and enterprise content.
• Deliver photos for breaking news and live news coverage.
• Conduct social media research.
• Assign freelance work as needed.
• Build stories in the CMS.
• Conduct research using various photo wire agencies.
• Collaborate with other photo editors, visual colleagues, reporters, and editors.
• Pitch visually innovative and original approaches to stories.
• Collaborate with audience and platform teams on social strategy and distribution.
• Go on news and portraiture assignments.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.
• Comprehensive benefits package including physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, and transportation benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees