Data Journalist (m/f/d) Part-time (80%), Berlin, remote possible
- 22 September 2026
- 80%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
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 the two flagships "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" and "NZZ am Sonntag", various other NZZ titles, event series, podcasts, and TV formats belong to the portfolio.Data Journalist (m/f/d) Part-time (80%), Berlin, remote possible
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 analyse data methodically and accurately.
- You condense your results into clear statements and robust theses and write them up in concise articles.
- You develop the appropriate visual form together with graphics and development: chart, map, dashboard or interactive calculator.
- You work on quick pieces about the news situation as well as on longer-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 keen sense for news and relevance.
- You work confidently with Python and Pandas. Knowledge of R, web scraping, APIs, geodata, Datawrapper, HTML, CSS, Node.js and Git is welcome.
- You recognise which visualisation best supports a contribution.
- You work carefully, independently and critically with sources.
- You are interested in German politics and economy.
- You enjoy working in a team and are willing to regularly stay in Berlin and Zurich.
Our offer
- A growing data journalism team in Berlin that works closely with Visuals in Zurich.
- Plenty of room for your own topics, clear analyses and strong visual formats.
- Close collaboration with data journalists, developers, graphic designers and editors.
- Flexible working: Whether in the office or at home, we offer you the freedom to organise your working day individually.
- Thanks to the strong growth of NZZ Germany, 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 company with your ideas and skills.
Your workplace
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Romana Kaspar, HR Business Partner
As part of NZZ Visuals, you search for data that contains a story. You check and analyse it thoroughly and develop contributions that provide new insights instead of retelling the known: with clear dramaturgy, strong visualisations and genuine news value. In doing so, you work closely with other data journalists, graphic designers and developers in Berlin and Zurich. Some of our previous projects can be found here: https://www.nzz.ch/deutschland/visuals
To strengthen our Berlin team, we are looking for a:
