Food & Events Intern

Hearst Newspapers; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Dallas Morning News is seeking a Food & Events Intern to cover North Texas’ vibrant food scene and cultural events. You’ll shape coverage for a digital audience, using social tools, SEO practices and multimedia when appropriate.

Responsibilities include rapid, accurate reporting, collaborating with editors, and supporting video/audio journalism as needed, with a focus on timely, engaging local coverage.

Qualifications

• Good news judgment, accuracy and speed.
• Grammatical precision and strong headlines.
• Energy, curiosity and digital-focused storytelling.
• Ability to provide impactful local news coverage.

Responsibilities

• Write quickly and accurately on local food and events.
• Use social media to develop story ideas.
• Build stories with links, SEO, web headlines and multimedia.
• Work with editors to reach digital audience.
• Assist with video and audio journalism as needed.

Skills

News writing

SEO basics

Social media

Digital content management

Headlines writing

Remote work capability

Analytics understanding

Driver's license

Tools

CMS tools

Job description

Food & Events Intern

Summary: Help our team lead the charge on coverage of North Texas' buzzy food scene and cultural events in a market hungry for it. From breaking news to viral trends, you'll set the agenda and shape how our audience learns about the latest food trends and events.

Job description: With more than 15,000 restaurants, North Texas isn't short on opportunities to cover food. A great Food intern candidate at The Dallas Morning News cares just as much about the latest restaurant opening as they do the effect of new tariff policies on prices for both small business owners and consumers. This role will also support the News ' coverage of local events — those things that make people’s leisure time worthwhile, from a new exhibit opening to the latest immersive experience blowing up on TikTok. Assignments will likely include a mix of quick-turn breaking news, in-depth features, data-driven enterprise, and listicles, spanning the North Texas dining scene, food business, current affairs and politics impacting the culinary world, and events and things to do around town.

What will you do?

• Write quickly and accurately on a variety of local topics related to North Texas food and events
• Use social media as a tool to develop story ideas and respond to what our audience is talking about
• Build stories with links, tags, SEO best practices, attractive web headlines and multimedia when appropriate
• Work with editors to develop coverage that resonates with our digital audience
• Assist with video and audio journalism, as needed

What will it take to be successful?

• Good news judgment, accuracy, speed, grammatical precision, a flair for headlines, energy, curiosity and an ability to provide the best local news coverage with impact, excitement and an eye toward digital success
• Proficiency in digital content management tools
• Using social media for newsgathering and audience development
• Demonstrated ability to work remotely via smartphone or laptop computer
• Understanding of platforms and audiences and ability to compose stories appropriate to the platform of publication (e.g., voice, style, formatting, hyperlinks)
• Deep knowledge of SEO techniques and other digital best practices
• Using accepted newsroom tools for planning, authoring, communicating, etc.
• Collaborating effectively with team members and across newsroom teams
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, producing stories quickly and accurately
• Knowledge of digital news analytics
• Valid driver's license and registered vehicle to travel to assignments

About The Dallas Morning News:

Since 1885, The Dallas Morning News ( www.dallasnews.com ) has been North Texas' trusted source for credible, independent journalism — reporting with accuracy, fairness, and integrity. Each week, we reach more than 4 million people across print, digital, and social platforms, covering the stories that shape life in Dallas and across the state. From politics and public policy to business, culture, and sports, our mission is to inform, engage, and reflect the diverse communities we serve.

About Hearst Newspapers:

With 2,500 employees across the nation, HNP represents a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle , Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News , San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union , several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites, marketing services businesses, and entertainment businesses such as King Features Syndicate.

At HNP, we are investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories — growing newsrooms, diversifying tools, evolving platforms — to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.

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