Marketing Intern, Mass Communication and Journalism
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Graphics Data Reporter
The Athletic
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $110,000 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
PythonSvelte
About the role
- The Athletic is looking for a versatile reporter to join its Data and Visuals team.
- Some days you may be publishing articles and charts about analytics, sports strategy, trade values, the salary cap or sports analytics.
- Others you may need to find or analyze data in partnership with another reporter or editor.
- You may develop and publish charts, tables or other visual explanations, alongside more straightforward writing and reporting.
- You may pitch in on tasks of all kinds on large interactive projects, from The Beast to our NFL Playoff tools — and applications we have yet to imagine or create.
Requirements
- Experience publishing explanatory journalism across a range of subjects.
- Demonstrated experience in using data, technology and visuals for clear, effective explanation.
- Experience working in a news organization.
- Proven track record of collaboration — someone excited about working with other people.
- Ability to be well organized and highly skilled in reporting and writing in a variety of story forms.
- Experience approaching the news creatively.
- An interest in and ability to learn technological skills.
- Experience working with and analyzing data, in Excel, R, Python or other tools preferred.
- Experience producing publication-grade charts and visuals, in Adobe Illustrator, Figma or in the browser preferred.
- Experience producing interactive journalism using modern programming frameworks like Svelte preferred.
Benefits
- Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.
- Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.
- 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.
- Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
- Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
data analysisreportingwritingdata visualizationExcelRPythonAdobe IllustratorFigmaSvelte
Soft skills
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