Business Editor

The Dallas Morning News; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Dallas Morning News is seeking a Business Editor to lead coverage in Texas’s booming economic landscape. The ideal candidate will oversee a team of reporters, ensuring fair and impactful business journalism.

You will need at least five years of experience in business journalism and a Bachelor’s degree. Strong commitment to accuracy and innovation is crucial, alongside exceptional communication skills. A hands-on approach and ability to manage multiple priorities effectively are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of business journalism or related experience.
• Ability to innovate and iterate quickly while developing new audience strategies.
• Track record of adapting quickly and moving at the speed of news.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of two assistant editors, 10 reporters and two columnists.
• Own analytics: track performance, develop insights from data.
• Edit with high standards, ensuring stories are reported fairly and accurately.
• Build and develop talent: conduct one-on-ones, provide coaching and feedback.
• Collaborate across the newsroom, maximizing editorial and revenue potential.
• Stay hands-on, create content when needed, and manage multiple priorities.
• Communicate regularly with your supervisor about coverage goals and team performance.
• Oversee scheduling, workload distribution, and day-to-day team operations.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Strong news judgment

Collaboration skills

Ability to innovate

Education

Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field

Job description

Business Editor

The Dallas Morning News is looking for an editor who sees the biggest business story in America unfolding right here in Texas – and has the ambition and skill to own it.

As Business Editor, you will lead coverage of one of the most consequential economic regions in the country. You will not be a caretaker, but a strategist who defines how the newspaper covers the city and state amid historic transformation.

Texas is growing rapidly, reshaping industries, housing, labor, and raising questions of access, equity and opportunity. Dallas‑Fort Worth hosts over 20 Fortune 500 companies and 80 publicly‑traded firms with more than $1 billion in revenue, and the region’s financial footprint is expanding with new stock exchanges and digital initiatives.

We want an editor who can connect corporate earnings to everyday people, push reporters to go deeper and move faster, and who understands that great business journalism is about people, power and consequences. Strong editing instincts, talent‑development experience, and a drive to build something are essential. Experience in digital storytelling, data journalism and audience development will set you apart.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a team of two assistant editors, 10 reporters and two columnists who produce business journalism – enterprise, features and breaking news – spanning an expanded Business Sunday section, five email newsletters and the "Commerce Street" LinkedIn newsletter.
• Own analytics: track performance, develop insights from data and communicate goals, wins and losses clearly to your team and newsroom leadership.
• Edit with high standards, ensuring stories are reported fairly, accurately and thoroughly and are written in sharp, compelling prose that serves the audience.
• Build and develop talent: conduct one‑on‑ones, provide coaching and feedback, manage performance and oversee hiring, recruitment, onboarding and retention.
• Collaborate across the newsroom and with other departments to maximize editorial and revenue potential of business content, including video, audio and special digital initiatives.
• Stay hands‑on, bring strong judgment, be willing to create content when needed and manage multiple priorities on deadline.
• Communicate up and out: meet regularly with your supervisor, maintain proactive, consistent communication about coverage goals, team performance and major initiatives.
• Oversee scheduling, workload distribution and day‑to‑day team operations, and contribute to newsroom‑wide projects and initiatives.

What It Takes

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field.
• Five or more years of business journalism or related experience.
• Ability to innovate and iterate quickly while developing new audience strategies.
• Strong news judgment and commitment to accuracy.
• Track record of adapting quickly and moving at the speed of news.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

All applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. This position does not provide sponsorship.