Dallas Morning News appoints Hollyfield managing editor

The Dallas Morning News has tapped Amy Hollyfield as managing editor. She begins next month. In her new role, Hollyfield succeeds Keith Campbell and will report to executive editor Katrice Hardy. Hollyfield joins from The Tampa Bay Times, where she has worked for over 20 years, holding various roles, including government and politics editor, assistant […]

Dallas Morning News promotes Bush to editorial page editor

Veteran Dallas Morning News journalist Rudolph Bush has been appointed editorial page editor and vice president at the paper. He recently served as deputy editorial page editor, and before that, as Dallas and enterprise editor, editorial writer/columnist and reporter. He has also been serving as director of journalism at The University of Dallas. Bush has […]

Kaiser Health News appoints Hacker data editor

Holly Hacker will be joining Kaiser Health News as a data editor, starting next week. Recently, she was covering education for The Dallas Morning News. She was also a graduate research assistant at Investigative Reporters and Editors, and has also reported for St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ventura County Star (Calif.) and the Antioch (Calif.) Ledger Dispatch. […]

Center for Public Integrity adds three to staff

Melissa Hellmann joins the Center for Public Integrity as a reporter covering racial, gender and economic inequality. Previously, she was a reporter at the Seattle Times and has also worked freelance for NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, Time Out, SF Business Times, and others. She has also worked for Seattle Weekly, the Associated Press, YES! […]

CPI hires two new staff members

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by the Center for Public Integrity: Sophie Austin will join Public Integrity Sept. 2 as an American University fellow. She is wrapping up a local news internship this summer with The Dallas Morning News. She previously interned at PolitiFact and has freelanced for The DC Line, a nonprofit […]

Dallas Morning News appoints Hardy executive editor

The Dallas Morning News has tapped veteran journalist Katrice Hardy as executive editor. In her new role, she succeeds Mike Wilson. Recently, she was editor of The Indianapolis Star, the Gannett-owned daily. Her duties also included serving as Midwest editor of the USA Today Network, where she oversaw two dozen other Gannett-owned newsrooms. Previously, she […]

Garcia departs Dallas Morning News for Des Moines Register

Nic Garcia is joining the politics team at the Des Moines Register. His new role starts July 19. Currently, Garcia is a senior writer at the Dallas Morning News, covering Dallas County government and other political stories in North Texas, a post he will be leaving on July 16. Prior to the News, Garcia was […]

Frerking to step down as news vertical editor at Dallas Morning News

Beth Frerking, news vertical editor at The Dallas Morning News will be stepping down from her post on May 28 after holding it for more than 2 years. Frerking has also worked as a freelance journalist, newsroom manager, editor, reporter and writer. She was also editor-in-chief of The Rivard Report. She was also editor-in-chief, The […]

D Magazine welcomes back Macon as senior digital editor

Alex Macon has joined D Magazine as a senior digital editor from The Dallas Morning News, where he held the post of an assistant editor. Prior to that, Macon was at Pace Communications, having joined the company as an editor and then serving as a senior editor. Before that, he was first an online arts […]

Jiménez joins NY Times Express desk

Jesus Jiménez, a staff writer at The Dallas Morning News, is joining The New York Times Express desk. His new role begins Mar. 15. Jimenez previously worked freelance writing features, articles and op-eds for publications including Bleacher Report, Thrillist, Longreads, The Dallas Morning News, the Dallas Observer, D Magazine, Al Dia and more. He also […]