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Assistant Business Editor

he Dallas Morning News is seeking a dynamic and audience-focused, watchdog-minded and innovative assistant business editor excited by the challenge of driving digital news coverage in one of the most vibrant business markets in the nation.

Dallas-Fort Worth, the nation’s fourth-largest metro market, is a business journalist’s dream. It’s loaded with Fortune 500 headquarters, a growing biotech scene and the corporate offices of an estimated 10,000 companies. It’s where business touches every aspect of life.

The assistant editor will join a high-performing 10-person business team and lead a group of reporters covering topics such as retail, real estate, aviation and diverse business communities. The News competes with local, state and national newsrooms, requiring this editor to deftly manage quick-turn stories with high-impact journalism that makes The News the go-to source for news.

How will you know if you’re the right fit? First and foremost, you’ll have a track record of leading reporters with varying levels of experience to outstanding accomplishments, accountability journalism that surprises and fosters change and possess a mastery for how to engage new and existing readers.

Other key traits:

  • You enjoy working in a highly-collaborative environment with reporters, photographers and audience and planning hubs to produce stories across platforms that engage and retain subscribers and extend our brand to new readers.
  • You’re comfortable finding stories from trending topics and social media, and skilled at analyzing and interpreting digital metrics to inform coverage decisions.
  • You elevate reporters’ work by helping them spot in-depth enterprise and investigative angles.
  • You’re a master of SEO best practices and ways to optimize a story’s digital presentation, from writing compelling headlines to building in links, tags and visual elements to further engage readers.

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.”.)

  • Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field.
  • Five to 10 years of previous business reporting or editing experience preferred.
  • Familiarity with Texas business is a plus.
  • Edit stories with a digital-first emphasis and ensure they’re reported fairly, accurately and thoroughly, with compelling writing.

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.”.)

  • At least two years’ related experience in reporting and editing is ideal, as well as a bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field.
  • Demonstrated strong writing skills.
  • Prior education reporting or experience is preferred.
  • Familiarity with Texas education is a plus.
  • Knowing how to use Excel, Access or other data tools is a plus.
  • Fluency in Spanish is an advantage.

The Dallas Morning News recognizes that different perspectives and backgrounds drive the innovation and ideas that are essential to our business success. To that end, we are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff. Diversity, equity and inclusion will be embedded in the hiring, promotion and development of our employees, in reaching diverse audiences with our content, and in choosing the companies with which we do business.

News you can use regarding Dallas Morning News: The Dallas Morning News is Texas’ leading daily newspaper with a bedrock journalistic reputation, intense regional focus and close community ties. We are dedicated to covering the issues that impact everyday lives in North Texas. More than 12 million people a month read The News’ content published in print, online or digitally. Founded in 1885, The News maintains one of the largest newsrooms in Texas and has won nine Pulitzer Prizes.

We believe our community is best served by a diverse organization that fosters an inclusive work environment for people from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, age or sexual orientation.

Benefit Offerings:

  • Internal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
  • Internal Culture Committee
  • Leadership Development Programs
  • Annual Unconscious Bias Training
  • Flexible Work Schedules
  • 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
  • FMLA and Parental Leave
  • 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

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