The Graphics Intensive is a unique opportunity for mission-driven students and early career professionals with visual skills to work alongside journalists for a 12-week, full-time program. We seek individuals who bring their own inquisitive nature to develop creative approaches to storytelling, including those who may not have previously considered working in an independent newsroom. Prior journalism experience isn’t required — many of our team members have embraced journalism’s core fundamentals while at The Times — but you must have a desire to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

The Graphics desk at The New York Times is composed of journalists and visual thinkers from diverse creative backgrounds, including architecture, cartography, and computer science. We cover all topics across the news cycle, motivated by a shared curiosity. This position is designed to cultivate skills and judgment in the creation of visual stories, including training and regular feedback from team members. Many of our projects are a collective effort, so you will work with a range of people and skill sets.

We are interested in applicants who want to learn how to apply creative and technical skills to a range of journalistic and storytelling assignments. Do you know how to write code to analyze data and produce visualizations? Are you a mapmaker or satellite imagery analyst? Do you use design and illustration to clearly convey complex information? These are the types of people that we seek to develop as potential graphics journalists.

What you will do:

Under close guidance and supervision of a more senior Editor, produce visual and data-based multimedia journalism in response to breaking or as ongoing news coverage

With guidance from an more senior Editor, Design and build graphics and other visual forms using web-based markup and coding languages

Participate in training sessions

Collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom

Complete work assignments based on team needs and news demands

You must understand and support our value of journalistic independence and have a strong commitment to our newsroom’s mission.

The graphics intensive position is available throughout the year, including winter, spring, summer and fall openings. This is an in-office position, based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.

Applications should include links to a portfolio or work samples to demonstrate your skills and experience. Please attach a cover letter describing your role in specific projects and which periods of time you will be available for the Graphics intensive. Your cover letter should include any periods when you will be able to work full time in New York, such as, “Available: Winter (2025-26), Spring, Summer or Fall” — or any combination of these.  

Basic Qualifications:

1+ year of demonstrated strong performance toward an undergraduate degree, or relevant professional experience

Skill in interface design and information graphic design

2+ years of experience working with graphics tools and software, like D3.js, R, JavaScript, Python, HTML/CSS, GIS, and 3-D modeling software

Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, or with design tools like Figma

A portfolio demonstrating experience with news graphics or interactive visualizations

Preferred Qualifications:

News or visual internships or equivalent experience

Curiosity and interest in the news, and in finding innovative approaches to telling stories

Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and be attentive to detail in an unpredictable news cycle and a high-pressure newsroom environment

Experience working collaboratively with members of a team with diverse creative skills

Able to work some nights, weekends and holidays as the news cycle demands

Ability to multitask, prioritize, and balance multiple projects in a dynamic work environment

Interest in professional growth and openness to professional feedback

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

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