Innovation Reporter
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Job Location:
Dallas, IA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Dallas Morning News is looking for an Innovation Reporter to join our award-winning newsroom.
This role focuses on executing experiments in storytelling and audience building working directly with our Director of Experimentation and Projects to develop new strategies to help connect our journalism with the right readers.
The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic digital advocate who is eager to cover multiple topics and try new storytelling concepts. One quarter this reporter may be focused on transportation. Another could mean writing inspiring stories about people in our community.
The experimentation will derive from intense collaboration with Audience leaders and company stakeholders to plan short-term sprints testing concepts to expand our reach. Recent experiments include juicing weather coverage adding Statbeat to high school football coverage and launching a LinkedIn newsletter.
This is a fast-paced role and requires a journalist who thrives on readers needs and interests engaging directly with them in person or online.
The right candidate will be comfortable writing multiple daily stories a team player a top-notch collaborator a strong digital storyteller and a time-management maven. Audience engagement and analytics interest are a must.
The Dallas Morning News believes a collaborative and inclusive work environment is essential to a thriving workplace for all. We are in search of a diverse group of candidates.
Responsibilities and duties:
Produce quick-turn stories in user-friendly formats
Flexibly move between assignments to test audience ideas
Work collaboratively in a deadline-driven newsroom environment
Write engagingly and accurately on North Texas
Use social media as a tool to develop story ideas and respond to what our audience is already talking about
Build stories with links tags SEO best practices attractive web headlines and multimedia when appropriate
Monitor analytics for your stories and work with editors to suggest approaches for improvement
Collaborate with Audience editors and our Photo team to improve the digital presentation of your stories
Work with editors to evolve and shape your coverage to deepen engagement with our digital audience
Job requirements:
Applicants should have at least one year of related reporting experience
Valid drivers license and registered vehicle to travel to assignments
Qualifications
A passion for journalism that helps readers in their daily lives
Demonstrated strong reporting and writing skills
Good news judgment accuracy speed grammatical precision a flair for headlines energy curiosity and an eye toward digital success
Ability to use social media for newsgathering and audience development
Ability to handle multiple stories at the same time
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Understanding of platforms and audiences and ability to compose stories appropriate to the platform of publication (e.g. voice style formatting hyperlinks)
Collaborating effectively with team members and across newsroom departments
Willingness to cover a variety of topics
Familiarity with Texas
Fluency in Spanish is an advantage
Education:
Bachelors degree in journalism or a related field
About HNP
With 2500 employees across the nation Hearst Newspapers (HNP) represents a network of 28 daily and 50 weekly publications including the Austin American-Statesman Houston Chronicle San Antonio Express-News San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany). Our portfolio also includes several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites such as Chron. CT Insider MySA and SFGATE along with marketing services businesses like Medium Giant and entertainment brands such as King Features Syndicate.
At HNP were investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories growing newsrooms diversifying tools and 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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About The Dallas Morning News
Since 1885 The Dallas Morning News () 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.
What We Offer
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About Company
Hearst Television (HTV) owns and/or operates 35 television and two radio stations serving 27 media markets across 39 states reaching over 22 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous ... View more
