Election Researchers

The Dallas Morning News has openings for two part-time election researchers skilled at digging deep to track and uncover hard-to-find intelligence and information.The journalists will be charged with using open-source intelligence tools and public records to support coverage of local politics. We are looking for flexible, fast learners who are organized and can work independently.

Responsibilities And Skills

• The main priority is to assist with election coverage by researching and backgrounding candidates, political parties, and political groups
• Knowledge of Texas politics and Texas government
• Utilize public records, databases, and open-source intelligence tools
• Monitor sources and social media and identify information pertinent to the elections
• Complete public information requests
• Obtain data, create datasets, clean and verify information
• Work in a fast-paced environment against deadliness
• Meticulous attention to detail, self-motivated with a solid work ethic
• Strong end-user computer skills
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Coursework in journalism, research, reporting, and library information science skills are helpful.
• 1 to 3 years experience in journalism and research, public records, writing or data science, analytics, tech tools, and newsrooms preferred.
• Open-source intelligence tools, public records, scraping tools.
• Strong Excel and relational database experience is a plus.
  
  

These temporary, part-time contract positions will require onsite training and a combination of hybrid onsite and remote work. Non-local candidates with knowledge of Texas politics are welcome to apply. I want you to know that current journalism and information science students with experience are welcome to apply.

The expected duration of this contract will be 6-8 weeks.

Please send your cover letter and resume to

esood@dallasnews.com