Digital DesignDevelopment Intern, Summer 2026
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
San Francisco Chronicle Summer Digital Design/Development Internship
The San Francisco Chronicle is seeking motivated students and recent graduates interested in pursuing careers in visual product and UI/UX design visual storytelling and coding/development for journalism.
The Chronicles design team is a multidisciplinary group responsible for elevating the newsrooms most ambitious journalism. We are a diverse group of designers illustrators graphics/data reporters and developers of varied backgrounds. Our projects range from crafting design systems for lines of coverage to piecing together immersive storytelling approaches for longform narratives and investigative reports. Recent successes include an Online Journalism Award-winning project on the impact of theWorld War II incarceration of Japanese Americans on San Franciscos Japantownand the extremely successful relaunch of our list ofTop 100 Restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Areathat we rebranded and redesigned with new product features and audience strategies. We also contributed to two investigations The Right to Remain Secret and Fast and Fatal that were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in 2025.
Our interns have worked on a variety of projects depending on their interests and emerging skillsets. A more coding-focused intern helped create tools to make it easier for other members of the team to produce bespoke custom-coded projects. Another designed unique visualizations for a story on how winter storms impacted areas around Northern Californias Feather River. You may find yourself creating motion graphics static and/or interactive information graphics page designs or new components such as a better video player over the course of your internship.
Prior interns have gone on to internships or full-time jobs at the Chronicle (and its sister publications or groups in Hearst Newspapers) The Pudding the Seattle Times the Texas Tribune the New York Times and the Washington Post.
We welcome applicants of all backgrounds.
Responsibilities
- Participate in brainstorming and design sprints for newsroom projects
- Execute assignments via reporting writing designing and/or coding as needed
- Communicate effectively with collaborators within the newsroom
- Manage the production process for your projects
Requirements
- Must be a college junior senior or recent graduate at time of application
- Must have an interest in journalism and/or design demonstrated by coursework or practical experience at student publications or professional internships
- Must be able to work in the Chronicles San Francisco office at least three days a week.
- You should have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS.
Skills that we like
This is a list of skills that we would put to use on the design team. Its impossible to be skilled at everything. We only expect you to do a couple of these.
- Basic reporting and writing for accuracy brevity and clarity
- News design techniques
- Visual UI/UX and/or product design including typography color and grid
- Ability to use the Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
- Development experience with HTML CSS Javascript and React with version management via Git and GitHub
- News tools such as ArchieML and AI2HTML
- Data reporting and analysis via Python (preferred) or R
- Data visualization via DataWrapper or D3
- Illustration
- Animation/motion
- Video
- Social media design
Internship details
- Interns are paid $19.18 per hour.
- Interns work 40 hours a week from Monday through Friday. We generally work from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Depending on news coverage needs you may be occasionally asked to work nights or weekends.
- The summer internship is 12 weeks long. The exact start and end dates are slightly flexible but for the best experience we want the majority of your time with us to sync up with the rest of the summer internship class. It typically begins in June and ends in August or September.
- In addition to feedback on your assignments you will have a weekly check-in with your supervisor to talk through your work your internship and your career goals.
- Based on your interests we will match you with a mentor in the newsroom who will augment the feedback you receive from your supervisor.
Application details
- Please send a resume a cover letter explaining why youre interested in this role and links to your portfolio and/or GitHub profile if applicable
- Also in your cover letter or in a second document please direct us to three projects that showcase what you consider to be your best or more interesting work. If the project is not immediately related to journalism or design please explain what is special about the piece.
- If you have any questions please contact Chronicle Creative Director Alex K. Fong at
- Application Deadline is October 28 2025
About The San Francisco Chronicle
Our award-winning journalists provide insight into the people and events shaping the Bay Area investigate wrongdoing and waste and deliver the quickest and most reliable coverage of breaking news in Northern California.
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Public Relations
- Google Docs
- Data Collection
- MailChimp
- Microsoft Word
- Dermal Fillers
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Photoshop
- Writing Skills
About Company
Hearst Television (HTV) owns and/or operates 35 television and two radio stations serving 27 media markets across 39 states reaching over 22 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous ... View more
