DIG Analyst Intern

The New York Times is seeking a Data Analyst Intern to join its Data & Insights Group. This role involves collaborating with internal stakeholders to understand objectives, performing exploratory analysis of audience behavior, recommending product improvements, partnering on test design and analysis, and democratizing data through dashboards. The intern will contribute to defining metrics for digital journalism and product development, building analytical tools, and creating predictive models to support a relevant product experience. This is a 10-week hybrid internship based in New York, starting June 1, 2026.

Must Have

• Liaise with internal business and newsroom stakeholders to understand objectives, challenges and opportunities.
• Use exploratory analysis to deeply understand the audience and their behavior across platforms.
• Use observation and analysis to recommend iterative improvements to products and services.
• Partner with Data Analysts and Product Managers on the end-to-end process of test design, implementation, and analysis.
• Democratize data through designing, building, and automating dashboards or other means.
• Influence internal stakeholders at all levels of the organization to take action on business opportunities based on insights generated.
• Document and communicate findings and insights to stakeholders across the company.
• Undergraduate studies with the expectation to graduate within the next 18 months/career changers/bootcamp graduates.
• Experience in SQL, Python, or other coding languages.

Good to Have

• Experience in manipulating, analyzing, and visualizing datasets.
• Experience with website or media analytics.

The mission of the company is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The company is committed to producing the world’s most reliable and highest quality journalism. Our ability to do so relies on a talented team of expert analysts who help us learn from the abundance of data unique to this company. The company seeks a Data Analyst Intern to join our growing Data & Insights Group, which is responsible for data analytics, data science, and data engineering for all the company offers, including the News, Games, Cooking, and more.

The Data and Insights Group works to define metrics for digital journalism and product development. We build first-rate analytical tools and data visualizations. We create predictive models of the business and develop algorithms to support a more relevant product experience and we promote hypothesis-driven experimentation. We collaborate across disciplines, with editors, product managers, designers, engineers and marketers

About Our Summer Internships:

• The duration is 10 weeks long, starting on June 1, 2026.
• The rate of pay for this role is $40.00 per hour.
• Interns work 35 hours per week.
• Open to Hybrid work based in New York.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise with internal business and newsroom stakeholders to understand their objectives, challenges and opportunities.
• Use exploratory analysis to deeply understand the company’s audience and their behavior across platforms.
• Use observation and analysis to recommend iterative improvements to the company’s products and services.
• Partner with Data Analysts and Product Managers on the end-to-end process of test design, implementation, and analysis.
• Democratize data through designing, building, and automating dashboards or other means.
• Influence internal stakeholders at all levels of the organization to take action on business opportunities based on insights generated.
• Document and communicate findings and insights to stakeholders across the company.

Basic Qualifications:

• Undergraduate studies with the expectation to graduate within the next 18 months/career changers/bootcamp graduates
• Experience in SQL, Python, or other coding languages

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in manipulating, analyzing, and visualizing datasets
• Experience with website or media analytics

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The hourly rate of base pay for this role is:

$40 - $40 USD

The company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

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