Job Description:

Summer 2025 Internship - MarketWatch D.C. Bureau Intern

Application Deadline: November 15, 2024

We encourage you to submit your application as soon as you can as internship applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Internship Dates: June 9, 2025 - August 15, 2025 (You must be available to work during this period)

About our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Role

As an intern in MarketWatch’s Washington bureau, you’ll help cover the most important economics and politics news from one of the world’s most important cities. You’ll report to the Washington bureau chief but also work with the D.C.-based economics editor and collaborate with our team of reporters.

This role is a hybrid, based in our Washington, DC office.

You Will:

• Help with covering hearings, speeches, and press briefings by members of Congress, Biden administration officials and economic newsmakers

• Write spot news and feature stories of varying length on economic and political topics such as labor-market conditions, tax policy that affects key industries, or aspects of the coming presidential election

• Aid in research and reporting for enterprise stories that come from the Washington bureau

You Have:

• Completed at least two years towards your Bachelor’s degree

• A general interest in and familiarity with key topics in economics, politics and business

• The ability to report and write quickly and cleanly under deadline pressure

• An appetite to cover and write spot news and develop sharp follow-up story angles

• A willingness to create more deeply reported features

Salary: $25.00/hour

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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area: Dow Jones - Wealth & Investing

Job Category: Administration, Facilities & Secretarial

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world’s top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

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Req ID: 43162