The Dallas Morning News is looking for an experienced editor to join our local news team striving to produce meaningful stories in the countrys ninth-largest city that anchor its fourth-largest metro area.
Our goal is to be the Number one regional news organization in the U.S. Making that happen depends on developing reporters who can regularly produce groundbreaking, community-changing journalism that helps Dallas understand and overcome its challenges, holds our community leaders accountable, and highlights the good work taking place around us.
We value stories with impact, driven by people-focused writing supported by facts, data, and information our readers wont find anywhere else. We want to be the first, best, and most trusted news source in Texas.
Our local news reporting team is diverse and has a range of experience. Some of the memorable stories written include:
- Exclusive reporting on the lack of air-conditioning in the states prisons led to follow-up stories like this one about a man who died in prison when temperatures rose above 100 degrees for a record 54 days in 2023.
- A story about Kenneth Knotts, a man who died in police custody, but his family was never told that officials had ruled their sons death was a homicide.
- A 30-day project in September in which we covered the impact of the fentanyl epidemic through North Texas.
The Government Accountability Editor will work with a team of reporters, emphasizing the development of reporting and writing skillsfrom exercising solid news judgment to developing strong sourcing to turning those sources into scoops, insightful enterprise work, and projects with the potential to transform Dallas. We focus on growing our local news staff into the preeminent reporting team in Texas.
The Government Accountability Editor will report to our Assistant Managing Editor for news.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Heres our list of preferred skills and experience: (Please note this is not a checklist of requirements, but should be considered as a pool of preferred qualifications. If you can already do some of these things, that would be great. If you're excited about figuring out how to do all of them, great! We'd love to hear from you either way.".)
What youll need to succeed in this role:
- At least five years in a role where youve supervised a team of journalists
- A team-oriented approach to leadership
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to help reporters prioritize their work and regularly produce meaningful, exclusive journalism.
- Rock-solid news judgment (a knowledge of D-FW is a plus)
- Storytelling skills
- The ability to coach writers and reporters through difficult stories
- A knowledge of digital media and how to expand audience and enhance interest in our content.
A diverse newsroom best serves our community that fosters an inclusive work environment for people from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, age, or sexual orientation.
The Dallas Morning News has a distinguished history of journalistic excellence, having won nine Pulitzer Prizes. For more than 137 years, The News has been committed to high standards as it covers one of the most important and vibrant markets in the country. North Texas often leads the country in population growth and is frequently on the shortlist for some of the largest world headquarters relocations.
Benefit Offerings:
- Internal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
- Internal Culture Committee
- Leadership Development Programs
- Annual Unconscious Bias Training
- Flexible Work Schedules
- 12 weeks of Parental Leave
- Monthly Webinars addressing Health & Wealth for all employees
- Medical/Dental and Vision insurance
- MDLive Telemedicine 24/7/365 access to board-certified doctors via computer or phone
- Onsite Fitness Center
- Retirement benefits, including employer contributions
- Employee Assistance Program
- 18 Paid Time Off Days
- 9 Paid Holidays
- 8 Hours Community Service Time Off
- Pet Insurance