Deputy Breaking News Editor

The Dallas Morning News wants to hire a Deputy Breaking News Editor to help lead a team of reporters and editors covering the most immediate and trending issues of each day with passion, creativity, urgency and immediacy.

If you love leading journalists through significant weather events, times of unrest, tragic incidents or interesting and noteworthy cultural and social or local trends, we would love to talk with you.

This team responds quickly when news breaks with smart and focused coverage that is swift and authoritative, following up with stories that go beyond the day-to-day. This team plays a role with other reporting teams in swarming big news events with quick hits and utility pieces. You also would have the opportunity to shepherd some quick-hit investigations in a state rich in hot topics and to drive people-focused enterprise off the breaking news events.

The team is eight breaking news reporters and two trending reporters, the latter having an eye on viral opportunities and working closely with the Audience team.

This editor must have strong news judgment, be experienced in leading a team of reporters in tense, fast-moving situations and be adept at making smart decisions daily. That includes helping our coverage lead the way in traffic through smart SEO. This is a state with a lot of competition from other news organizations.

The ideal candidate understands and pushes for all kinds of content, from strong visuals to video and infographics using varied forms of storytelling. You also must be good at working well with others across the newsroom on deadline during stressful times. This is critically important.

This position is a part of an expansion of our breaking and trending and audience teams and reports directly to our Breaking News Editor.

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

• 9 Paid Holidays

• 8 Hours Community Service Time Off

Job Requirements

Here's our list of preferred skills and experience:

• 10 years' experience as an editor or reporter

• Bachelor's Degree in journalism or a related field

• Experience with police reporting, public records

• Strong line editor

• Keen news judgment

• Expertise with digital best practices including SEO, headline writing and metrics

• Deadline decision-making

• Command of how to manage a big story across departments and people

(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.".)