Data Journalist (f/m/d) Part-time (80%), Berlin or remote

NZZ is one of the most significant private media companies in Switzerland. It focuses on high-quality, independent journalism and has represented bourgeois-liberal perspectives since 1780. In addition to its two flagship titles «Neue Zürcher Zeitung» and «NZZ am Sonntag», various other NZZ titles, event series, podcasts, and TV formats are part of the portfolio.

Data Journalist (f/m/d) Part-time (80%), Berlin or remote

Your Tasks

• You identify topics relevant to our readers – and show with data what others overlook.
• You procure datasets from public sources, requests, scraping, or APIs.
• You check, clean, and analyze data in a methodologically sound manner.
• You condense your results into clear statements and reliable theses and write them up in concise articles.
• Together with graphics and development, you develop the appropriate visual form: chart, map, dashboard, or interactive calculator.
• You work on fast-paced pieces regarding the news situation as well as on long-term investigations.
• You help shape the strategic further development of the Visuals department across locations.

Your Profile

• You have already worked journalistically and published your own contributions – ideally data-driven.
• You think journalistically and have a reliable sense for news and relevance.
• You work confidently with Python and Pandas. Knowledge of R, web scraping, APIs, geodata, Datawrapper, HTML, CSS, and Git is welcome.
• You recognize which visualization best supports an article.
• You work carefully, independently, and with a critical view of sources.
• You are interested in German politics and economy.
• You enjoy working in a team and are prepared for regular stays in Berlin and Zürich.

Our Offer

• A growing data journalism team in Berlin that works closely with Visuals in Zürich.
• Plenty of space for your own topics, clear analyses, and strong visual formats.
• Close cooperation with data journalists, developers, graphic designers, and editors.
• Flexible working: Whether in the office or in the home office, we offer you the freedom to design your daily work individually.
• Thanks to the strong growth of NZZ Deutschland, we offer our employees the chance to be part of a long-term success story in the German media market.
• The chance to actively contribute to the further development of a renowned media house with your ideas and skills.

Your Work Location

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Romana Kaspar, HR Business Partner

As part of NZZ Visuals, you look for data that contains a news story. You check and analyze it cleanly and develop contributions from it that provide new insights, instead of merely retelling what is already known: with clear dramaturgy, strong visualizations, and real news value. In doing so, you work closely with other data journalists, graphic designers, and developers in Berlin and Zürich. You can find some of our previous projects here:

To strengthen our Berlin team, we are looking for a:

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