The Wall Street Journal Business and Finance News Intern - Summer 2027

Job description

The Wall Street Journal internship program is an opportunity primarily for university students in their second year, to work in our award-winning newsroom in London. Final year students (undergraduate and graduate), enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline are also eligible to apply.

You will work closely with other reporters and editors to deliver prompt, accurate reporting of breaking business and finance news. You will be expected to generate your own story ideas and follow those stories through to completion with supervision and guidance from an editor.

We are looking for ambitious students who think foremost about the audience and are able to work independently under deadline pressure. Dedication to high journalism standards and excellent writing and reporting skills are required. A demonstrated interest in business reporting is required.

You should have 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.

Fluency in English is required and fluency in at least one additional language is welcome. Applicants must have the right to work in the U.K.

How to apply

Please upload one PDF document (max. 5MB). Your application document should contain:

• A cover letter .
• Your résumé.
• Three examples of your published work. Please include full articles, not hyperlinks.

The deadline to apply is Oct. 31 at midnight Eastern time. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Assignments may include

• Dow Jones Newswires: Interns embed with Dow Jones Newswires, the real-time professional news service of The Wall Street Journal. You will work in a fast-paced news environment, delivering short-breaking news stories and analysis on company earnings, executive moves and IPOs to our professional readership of more than 90 million institutional and retail investors.You will also be assigned longer term assignments to pursue on your own or with DJN or WSJ partners.
• The Wall Street Journal: Corporate, financial markets, economics, energy, foreign affairs or U.K. news.

Internship timing: 10 weeks between June and August.

Only finalists will be contacted. We will review applications on a rolling basis and strive to make selections by the end of January.

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Business area

Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job category

Administration, Facilities & Secretarial

Union status

Non-Union role