Newsroom Summer Internship Program 2027: Content Strategy Editors

Washingtonpost Open · verified Sep 10, 2026

DC-Washington-TWP Full-time Junior Content Strategy

Entry-level Content Strategy role at Washingtonpost. DC-Washington-TWP · full-time.

Role brief

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What you'll do

You’ll build audience strategies that reach readers on and off the platform
You’ll use data to identify audience trends and opportunities
You’ll curate newsletters, develop social content, or shape other reader-facing formats
You’ll work quickly and accurately with newsroom teams on deadline

What you bring

You’re a college junior, senior, or graduate student enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline
You bring a commitment to accuracy, clear writing, and rigorous journalism
You submit a résumé, an autobiographical essay of up to five hundred words, and relevant work samples
You can show work involving social posts, newsletters, or analytics-based audience strategies

Who this fits

This role suits students who want to connect journalism with readers through different formats and thrive in a fast-moving, collaborative newsroom. You’ll be based at the Washington, D.C., headquarters, and your application must be submitted by noon Eastern on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. Include all professional experience and explain any employment gaps.

From the employer

Application Instructions

Please list all professional experience and explain any gaps in employment history. All of your application materials, which may include PDF files of work samples and/or links to audio, video, photography or graphics, must be uploaded to the field labeled Resume/Cover Letter/Work Samples to be considered for the position.

Join the future of news

We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.

About Our Team

The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.

Why This Role Matters

The Washington Post is seeking college juniors, seniors and graduate students for the newsroom’s flagship summer internship program. Our interns report and write articles, edit copy, take photographs, shoot and edit video, create graphics, produce audio, design on multiple platforms, develop audience strategy and do data analyses. They work alongside and learn from award-winning journalists, and we treat them as staff members during their internship.

What Motivates You

You’re driven to capture the stories that inform, educate, inspire and delight audiences, using different formats and mediums.
You thrive in fast-moving environments and on deadline.
You are eager to work across a large, ambitious, collaborative newsroom.

How You’ll Support the Mission

You will focus on reaching and engaging audiences on and off platform.
For instance, a social media intern will use Instagram stories to break news, a newsletter intern will curate our flagship daily products, and an audience analyst intern will uncover trends and insights from data.
Social video interns will shoot and edit vertical video optimized for social viewing, ensuring strong hooks, pacing and clarity.

The Skills and Experience You Bring

You must be a college junior, senior or graduate student enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline, which is noon Eastern time on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026.
You are obsessed about finding ways to connect journalism with readers where they are and in storytelling formats that resonate with growth audiences.
You think about large and small strategies that can improve audiences’ experience of journalism.
You have a commitment to accuracy, clarity and journalistic rigor.

Applications should include a résumé, autobiographical essay (which should be no more than 500 words), and a portfolio that includes relevant work samples, such as social media posts, newsletters or analytics-driven strategies. Cover letters are not required. Materials can be submitted as links or documents to the same field labeled Resume/Cover Letter/Work Samples.

The deadline to apply is noon Eastern on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026.

This position will be based out of our Washington, D.C., headquarters. Interns are paid $1021.13/week.

Your story awaits. Apply today!

Learn more about The Post at careers.washingtonpost.com.