Trending Reporter

Job Title
Trending Reporter
Business Title
Staff Writer
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Location
Downtown Dallas (TDMN) - Dallas, TX 75201 US (Primary)
Salary Grade
Job Type
Full-Time
Exemption Type
Non-Exempt
Travel
Some Travel
Job Description
The Dallas Morning News is hiring a trending news reporter to join our Breaking/Trending team that covers many topics, drawing high interest from local and national reader
If you're a journalist fascinated with news everyone wants to read, this role could be a great fit.
Trending reporters provide an array of deadline reporting that reflects local, regional, or national topics. Our Trending Reporters are writing about the latest concert at AT&T Stadium one moment and the controversial dress code at a Dallas nightclub the next. It all depends on what our readers are talking about.
The ideal candidate is fluent in social media and will use it as a reporting tool and a way to know our readers' pulse. It'll be the starting point for much of your reporting, but your task will be to take trending topics and wrap them in original reporting and context that make it relevant to Dallas Morning News readers.
Essential Functions:

• Always report fairly, accurately, and thoroughly
• Ensure reporting offers a window on the communities we serve that reflect their spirit, personalities, and diversity.
• Show a strong understanding of open records requests and other investigative tools and tactics.
• Dig for and gather news and information. synthesize it in strong prose
• Make use of visual elements to augment storytelling
• Build subject matter expertise and audience around a topic, cultivate sources, and generate story ideas
• Use social media as a reporting tool and a venue for promoting work and engaging productively with relevant audiences.
• Adhere to company values and newsroom guidelines, including standards of journalism ethics.
• Assists with planning for photos, graphics, and illustrations to enhance the visual quality of stories and gathers supplemental assets to improve digital presentations
• Write headlines that sell a story across platforms.

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 newsroom 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

Job Requirements
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 related fields or relevant experience.
• Generally less than seven years of related reporting experience (most entry-level candidates typically have had at least one professional newsroom internship).

Skills:

• 2-3 years of experience in a daily media environment
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, producing stories quickly and accurately
• Proficient in learning digital content management tools
• Use social media for newsgathering and audience development
• Comfort with fast-paced incremental storytelling (e.g., producing social media updates, updating online stories)
• Demonstrated ability to gather, edit and post basic video and audio
• Demonstrated ability to work remotely via smartphone or laptop computer
• Demonstrated ability to interpret audience analytics to inform newsgathering decisions
• Basic knowledge of SEO and social headline writing techniques
• Use accepted newsroom tools for planning, authoring, communicating, etc.
• Collaborate effectively with team members and across newsroom teams
• Spanish language skills are a plus.