North Texas Enterprise & Accountability Reporter

Hearst Magazines; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Dallas Morning News is seeking an Enterprise/Accountability Reporter to join our newsroom in Dallas. The role emphasizes deep, narrative journalism with investigations and data storytelling across platforms.

Ideal candidates bring five years of related reporting experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and the ability to manage multiple projects while collaborating with audiences and editors to deepen engagement.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated strong writing skills with a track record of narrative writing.
• Aptitude for public records, financial documents and legal filings.
• Ability to self-manage and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Good news judgment, accuracy, speed, and compelling headlines.

Responsibilities

• Produce quick-turn enterprise and accountability stories on key issues and people in the community.
• Work collaboratively in a deadline-driven newsroom environment.
• Write engagingly and accurately on North Texas.
• Use social media to develop story ideas and respond to audience conversations.
• Build stories with links, tags, SEO best practices and multimedia where appropriate.
• Monitor analytics and work with editors to improve approaches.

Skills

Strong writing

Investigations

Data journalism

Public records

Social media newsgathering

Audience development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SEO

Analytics

Social media

Job description

The Dallas Morning News is seeking an Enterprise/Accountability Reporter to join our newsroom in Dallas. The role emphasizes deep, narrative journalism with investigations and data storytelling across platforms.

Ideal candidates bring five years of related reporting experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and the ability to manage multiple projects while collaborating with audiences and editors to deepen engagement.