Government Accountability Editor
Job Description
The Dallas Morning News is looking for an experienced Government Accountability Editor to join our local news team that’s striving to produce meaningful stories in the country’s ninth largest city that anchors its fourth-largest metro area.
Our goal is to be the Number 1 regional news organization in the . Making that happen depends on developing reporters that 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 that are driven by people-focused writing supported by facts, data and information our readers won’t find anywhere else.
We want to be the first, best and most trusted news source in Texas.
Our local news reporting team is diverse with a range of experience. Some significant stories this team has covered in the past year include :
- A that continues to have impacts on the city and its IT department almost a year later.
- The , the significant payout he received to resign and his hiring shortly after as city manager in Austin.
- to a downtown arena that's part of an effort to create a new entertainment district in the city.
- that resulted from the implementation of a new software system and led to delayed trials and defendants getting lost in the county jail.
This editor will work with a team of reporters with an emphasis on developing reporting and writing skills from 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.
Our focus is on growing our local news staff into the preeminent reporting team in Texas.
This editor will report to our assistant managing editor for news.
Job Requirements
Here’s 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, great. If you're excited about figuring out how to do all of them, great! We'd love to hear from you either way.".)
Excellent editing, time management, planning and prioritization skills to manage daily assignments as well as long-term enterprise.
A proven ability to help reporters meet audience goals based on analytics.
A concrete understanding of SEO best practices and how to optimize a story’s digital presentation, including headlines, links, tags and visual elements.
Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field.
Minimum of 5-10 years of relevant experience in a newsroom.
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.
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