Dallas Morning News hires Shaikh as a breaking news reporter

Muhammad Zaeem Shaikh has joined The Dallas Morning News as a breaking news reporter. Previously, he interned at The Oregonian, where he covered crime, courts and breaking news. Shaikh was a fellow at CalMatters and interned at The Sacramento Bee, where he covered wildfires, earthquakes, plane crashes, courts and crime. Shaikh graduated from California State […]

Myong becomes reporter/producer at Arts Access

Elizabeth Myong is now a reporter/producer at Arts Access, a new collaboration between The Dallas Morning News and KERA, a PBS/NPR affiliate. Myong’s tweet reads: “We want to create a space for voices & dialogue that aren’t traditionally heard in arts & culture news. This means I’ll be telling digital, radio and social stories that […]

Dallas Morning News names Tanglao senior digital director

The following excerpt was sent out: Leezel Tanglao has joined The Dallas Morning News as its senior digital director where she will oversee efforts to reach and better connect the organization’s journalism with more readers throughout North Texas. Tanglao has years of experience leading innovation and increasing membership and audience reach in both national and local media […]

Law360 hires Marfin to cover state and federal courts in Houston

Catherine Marfin, a breaking news reporter at The Dallas Morning News will leave to join Law360 to cover state and federal courts. Marfin will be based in Houston. She was a reporting fellow at the Texas Tribune and interned at the Houston Chronicle and the Austin American-Statesman. Marfin has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from […]

Dallas Morning News reporter Donaldson departing for grad school

Emily Donaldson, education lab engagement reporter at The Dallas Morning News will depart. Donaldson tweets: I’m heading to grad school this fall to study education policy and dive deeper into the policies and systems that shape what kind of an education students receive.” Previously, she was an education reporter at The San Antonio Report in […]

Dallas Morning News reporter Donaldson departing for grad school

Emily Donaldson, education lab engagement reporter at The Dallas Morning News will depart. Donaldson tweets: I’m heading to grad school this fall to study education policy and dive deeper into the policies and systems that shape what kind of an education students receive.” Previously, she was an education reporter at The San Antonio Report in […]

Konradi named executive editor of Gannett’s Mississippi paper

Mark Konradi has joined Gannett-owned newspaper The Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Miss. as executive editor. Konradi will also serve as Gannett’s state editor, overseeing the Hattiesburg American. Konradi came from The Dallas Morning News, where he worked for more than 22 years. He joined as deputy sports editor in 1999 and was named director of […]

Konradi named executive editor of Gannett’s Mississippi paper

Mark Konradi has joined Gannett-owned newspaper The Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Miss. as executive editor. Konradi will also serve as Gannett’s state editor, overseeing the Hattiesburg American. Konradi came from The Dallas Morning News, where he worked for more than 22 years. He joined as deputy sports editor in 1999 and was named director of […]

Alexander joins Politico as senior graphics editor

Politico has hired Madi Alexander as senior graphics editor. Recently, she was a computational journalist, writing data-driven, investigative stories at The Dallas Morning News. Alexander has worked as a data journalist at Bloomberg Government. She was also a data fellow at ProPublica and an intern at The New York Times and The Journal Record in […]

Washington Post taps Worth as multiplatform editor

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The Washington Post’s multiplatform editorial manager Effie Dawson, multiplatform editor Tom Justice, multiplatform editing chief Courtney Kan, and multiplatform deputy editor Brian Cleveland: We are delighted to announce that Mark Worth is joining The Post as a multiplatform editor in the News Service. Mark comes to The […]