What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Journalism Intern Job at Lee Enterprises Inc in Lake Saint Louis position at Lee Enterprises Inc?
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch seeks a detail-oriented student journalist for a 12-week summer data reporting internship.
The intern's primary responsibility will be to help produce our annual "Public Pay" database. You will obtain public employee salary data by making or following up on records requests with dozens of agencies, then clean the often-messy data and prepare it for publication. Along the way, you will analyze the data, looking for trends or outliers that could drive stories. You will also have opportunities to work on daily or weekly news stories.
Candidates must be adept at using spreadsheets, and be comfortable talking with public officials. There will be a lot to keep track of, so solid organizational skills and news judgment are a must. Experience with a scripting language such as Python or R, or familiarity with using command-line tools like csvkit, are preferred but not required.
Why Join Us?
Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 73 markets in 26 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.
Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.
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