Job Description:

International News Associate

The Wall Street Journal is expanding its premier, two-year News Associates program with three new specialized tracks, starting in 2027: Data & Visual, International and Editing & Digital.

The program offers essential newsroom experience, intensive training and fast-tracked growth for early career journalists. Applications are now open for recent graduates and those with up to five years of experience.

The Wall Street Journal is seeking intrepid, globally-minded journalists for its International News Associate program. The successful candidate is multilingual, passionate about stories at the intersection of money, business and power, and will embed with our foreign correspondents and financial journalists in our London or Singapore bureaus. 

You will be expected to travel, often on short notice, and have the ability to get up to speed quickly when on the ground. You must be eager for comprehensive training in standards and ethics, hostile environment reporting and natural disaster coverage. Successful news associates will do a 2 to 3 year posting in the U.S. after their program ends.

 

What you'll do:

• Break Big News & Cultivate Sources: Master high-stakes reporting and build a powerful, high-level network of global contacts.
• Drive Audience & Platform Strategy: Harness data insights to captivate audiences and expand our reach worldwide.
• Craft Unmissable Narratives: Transform complex geopolitics and economics into sharp, compelling and readable stories.
• Lead Visual & Data Journalism: Combine rich data and dynamic graphics to bring investigative visual stories to life.
• Publish Cross-Platform Content: Produce vibrant multimedia storytelling designed to engage modern digital readers.

What you bring:

• Exceptional writing under pressure, data-reporting experience and fluency in web analytics.
• An insatiable curiosity for breaking news, global affairs and evolving digital landscapes.
• A clear, demonstrated passion for reporting on key developments in China or Europe.
• Fluency in English along with working proficiency in a second language.
• Eagerness to cover fast-moving news across flexible shifts, including nights, weekends and holidays.
• Unrestricted authorization to work in the U.K. or Singapore.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please upload one PDF document (max. 5MB); You may upload a second PDF with your work examples if the files are large. Your application document should contain:

• A cover letter outlining how your skills and experience align with the role.
• Your résumé.
• Three examples of your published work. Please include full articles, not hyperlinks.

The deadline to apply is Wednesday, Dec. 9. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Union role