Data Reporter

Hearst Newspapers • Dallas, TX

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Dallas Morning News is hiring a Data Reporter who thrives on finding and telling stories with data in a fast-paced, audience-centered newsroom. In this role, you will work closely with the Hearst Texas Data Team, a collaborative group of journalist-programmers who partner with peers at the Houston Chronicle, Austin American-Statesman, San Antonio Express-News, The News and Hearst DevHub to produce impactful data-focused reporting. You will have the opportunity to pursue a mix of quick-turnaround stories on a variety of topics, and you will receive training and mentorship working alongside award-winning data and beat reporters.
This job is based in Dallas-Fort Worth and is not eligible for remote work.
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.

Requirements

• Experience working collaboratively in a deadline-driven newsroom environment.
• Ability to self-manage and handle multiple projects at the same time.
• Experience working with large datasets including: Cleaning and parsing datasets efficiently/performantly
• Standardizing and combining large datasets
• Command of Excel and Google Sheets.
• Experience scraping sites and building databases.
• Is comfortable using Python, R or similar tools to clean, analyze and present data.
• Comfort with data visualization tools such as Datawrapper or Adobe Illustrator/ai2html.
• Working knowledge of Git and Github.
• Desire and ability to learn on the job.
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

• Mapping tools such as ArcGIS or QGIS.
• APIs and web-scraping tools.
• Federal and Texas open-records law.

Responsibilities

• Produce data- and graphics-focused journalism that’s centered on high-interest topics in collaboration with other members of the Texas Hearst Data Team and The Dallas Morning News.
• Approach datasets with a healthy dose of skepticism and find trends and stories in the numbers.
• Write and document reproducible, bulletproof code for data analysis.
• Write audience-focused stories and build data visualizations.
• Support and further data literacy in the newsroom by leading data trainings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level