Interactive News Engineering Intern

Interactive News Engineering Intern

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It's why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It's why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it's why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it's worth paying for.

We're looking for a paid summer 2026 intern to contribute to software used by hundreds of NYT journalists and projects that serve millions of readers. Our unique position between the newsroom and technology departments makes us instrumental to The Times' most ambitious digital journalism.

We work with a range of web technologies, primarily JavaScript, TypeScript, React and Svelte. We run Node.js servers which talk to PostgreSQL databases. We manage code using Git and host it on GitHub, and generally rely on hosted Google Cloud services.

This role is focused on software engineering in a newsroom environment. Daily work will be on a software development project team. Interns often have opportunities to contribute to opportunistic data or document journalism using our tools, but the core work is not writing stories or producing graphics.

Previous interns have helped to wrangle nationwide precincts data and international election results, pitched in on Olympics coverage and results, added features to our live World Cup scores and standings, built technology to help reporters reach out to a diverse set of readers, implemented customizable layout configurations for elections results pages, and helped unravel thorny data about metro transit woes.

About Our Summer Internships:

• The duration is 10 weeks long, starting on June 1, 2026
• The rate of pay for this role is $40 per hour.
• Interns work 35 hours per week.
• This is a Hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters. The intern will work from the office at least 2 days per week.
• Our application will close on November 3rd, 2025.

Responsibilities:

• You will work on one or multiple projects for the summer and collaborate with developers, designers and journalists
• You will contribute to technical design and development of new features within team projects, and use these tools to help with opportunistic reporting
• You will receive support and mentorship to meet professional goals and accelerate your learning
• You will expand your understanding of building modern, scalable, software while immersed in a newsroom environment

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience contributing to newsgathering, reporting, editing, and/or news presentation processes
• Experience in JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience taking a technical project from concept to completion, contributing to concept definition, technical design, and technical implementation
• Experience working as part of a team to develop software
• Interest in a newsroom engineering role that combines technical and editorial thinking
• A portfolio of work showing innovations and ideas which demonstrate that you think critically about the news, and want to shape meaningful experiences for The New York Times readers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience collaborating with others to advance the purpose and ideas of a project
• Interest in using software engineering skills to push the limits of what we offer to our readers

How to apply:

Please submit a current resume tying your experience and interests to the qualifications. Link to or attach your portfolio of work. A cover letter describing your role in the portfolio projects, and your interest in a newsroom engineering role is required.