50+ Media & Journalism Jobs in Dallas, TX

The cleanest official local wage anchor is older: Dallas-Fort Worth reporters and journalists had a median annual wage of $70,110 in May 2023, with the 25th percentile around $59,340. Newer local posting data shows a much wider mix, with salaried postings centering on about $82k to $108k and hourly roles on about $26 to $32 per hour, while one recent Dallas Observer multimedia reporter opening listed $50,000-$52,000. Metro-wide wages and salaries across all employers also rose 4.5% over the year ended March 2026, which supports a firmer pay floor even though it is not an occupation-specific media figure.

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Advertised pay

Across the 32 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $58,958 at the 25th percentile, $104,800 at the median and $150,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Dallas-Fort Worth is a competitive but usable market for media, journalism, and entertainment job seekers right now. Texas openings in this category are up 6.2% year over year, and in the metro more than 200 postings across more than 125 companies were observed over the last 90 days. But Texas employment in the field is essentially flat, local hiring is fragmented, and most roles are on-site, so this is more of a replacement-and-churn market than a broad expansion market. The candidates with the best odds are the ones who can report, shoot, edit, publish, and distribute across multiple formats.

Best positioned: A candidate with a current multimedia portfolio, on-site flexibility, and evidence of video, audio, and data-backed storytelling has the best chance of landing interviews in DFW.

Main caution: Do not mistake the metro's broader six-figure posting bands for the typical pay of a straightforward reporter job; recent local newsroom hiring examples can sit closer to $50,000-$52,000.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 56 openings in this market. 7 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Lifetouch Inc.: 8 open roles
2. Deloitte: 5 open roles
3. Thomson Reuters Corporation: 3 open roles
4. Full Package Media: 2 open roles
5. Roots DFW: 2 open roles
6. TEGNA, Inc.: 2 open roles
7. Vituity: 2 open roles
8. AAJA24: 1 open role
9. AAJA25: 1 open role
10. AT&T: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Dallas: 25
• Frisco: 8
• Fort Worth: 5
• Irving: 3
• Richardson: 2
• Rockwall: 2
• Arlington: 2
• Burleson: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 32 (58%), hybrid 17 (31%), remote 6 (11%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity in Dallas-Fort Worth is not confined to classic newsrooms. The local sample is fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one chain, and the industry mix is broad: healthcare accounts for about 25% of postings, sports and recreation about 15%, construction about 10%, media about 10%, and hospitality about 10%. That means many viable openings sit with organizations that need storytelling, video, photography, and audience work even when they are not traditional publishers. The clearest traditional-media demand is in cross-platform broadcast, radio, and local digital journalism. Late-August Dallas openings included an on-air personality and content creator, television producer, audience producer, communities reporter, and multimedia producer through the Texas Association of Broadcasters, while Audacy's KRLD and Texas State Networks kept a multimedia journalist pipeline posting and WFAA added experienced on-air talent. Most of that work is still physical and local: about 80% of postings were on-site, about 10% hybrid, and about 5% remote. There is also a smaller but worth-watching entertainment angle. A $300 million McKinney music venue targeting an early 2027 opening points to future demand around event coverage, promotion, social content, and entertainment reporting in the north DFW corridor.

• Cross-platform broadcast and local journalism (moderate): Best fit for reporters, anchors, producers, and editors who can also handle digital publishing, social packaging, or audio/video work.
• Employer-side media production (high): A larger share of openings appears in healthcare, sports and recreation, hospitality, and construction, where storytelling and production skills are hired outside traditional media brands.
• Entertainment and event-driven media (moderate): This is a smaller but emerging lane tied to local venue growth and programming shifts, with the best odds for people who can cover, package, and promote live events.

Where to focus: Focus first on cross-platform roles at broadcasters, radio groups, sports organizations, and large local employers that need journalism-style storytelling but can hire outside a traditional newsroom.

Roles worth searching next

• Communications specialist: Reporting, interviewing, and deadline writing transfer well into internal or external communications work.
• Content marketing editor: Audience thinking, SEO awareness, and story packaging carry over well from digital journalism.
• Corporate video producer: Many DFW openings already reward video editing, photography, and cross-platform production skills.
• Social media manager or analyst: Audience development, packaging, and engagement instincts overlap with modern newsroom distribution work.

What postings ask for

• Multimedia storytelling (premium | immediate): A recent Dallas newsroom opening explicitly sought a multimedia reporter, and broader journalism guidance says employers expect work across video, audio, graphics, and digital platforms. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates competing for newsroom, audience, or producer roles.
• Video editing (differentiator | immediate): Video editing appears among the most-requested hard skills in local postings, and current tool stacks increasingly blend traditional editing with AI-assisted workflows. Who: Reporters, producers, videographers, and career switchers coming from adjacent content roles.
• Data journalism and visualization (premium | near-term): Local postings mention data analysis, and 2026 journalism skills guidance highlights Excel, Tableau, and Power BI as valuable for evidence-based stories. Who: Beat reporters, investigative candidates, and switchers trying to stand out without elite newsroom pedigrees.
• Photography (table_stakes | immediate): Photography is the most frequently surfaced hard skill in the local posting sample, which signals that visual self-sufficiency still matters in DFW hiring. Who: Entry-level journalists, local-news applicants, and event or entertainment candidates.
• SEO and digital publishing literacy (differentiator | immediate): National 2026 journalism guidance treats SEO, digital literacy, and multi-platform publishing as core expectations rather than nice-to-haves. Who: Anyone applying to audience, communities, or digital-first newsroom roles.
• AI-aware newsroom workflow (differentiator | near-term): Newsrooms are using AI for research, records review, summarization, and media analysis, but journalists also report deskilling risk if they let tools replace sourcing and interviewing. Who: Mid-career candidates, editors, producers, and switchers who need to show efficiency without sacrificing editorial trust.

Questions about this market

What do Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

The cleanest official local wage anchor is older: Dallas-Fort Worth reporters and journalists had a median annual wage of $70,110 in May 2023, with the 25th percentile around $59,340. Newer local posting data shows a much wider mix, with salaried postings centering on about $82k to $108k and hourly roles on about $26 to $32 per hour, while one recent Dallas Observer multimedia reporter opening listed $50,000-$52,000. Metro-wide wages and salaries across all employers also rose 4.5% over the year ended March 2026, which supports a firmer pay floor even though it is not an occupation-specific media figure. In practice, pure newsroom reporting pay in Dallas can still be modest, while stronger money tends to show up in specialized production, leadership, or employer-side media roles. This is a market with real upside, but not evenly distributed upside.

Where is demand for Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX concentrated?

Real opportunity in Dallas-Fort Worth is not confined to classic newsrooms. The local sample is fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one chain, and the industry mix is broad: healthcare accounts for about 25% of postings, sports and recreation about 15%, construction about 10%, media about 10%, and hospitality about 10%. That means many viable openings sit with organizations that need storytelling, video, photography, and audience work even when they are not traditional publishers. The clearest traditional-media demand is in cross-platform broadcast, radio, and local digital journalism. Late-August Dallas openings included an on-air personality and content creator, television producer, audience producer, communities reporter, and multimedia producer through the Texas Association of Broadcasters, while Audacy's KRLD and Texas State Networks kept a multimedia journalist pipeline posting and WFAA added experienced on-air talent. Most of that work is still physical and local: about 80% of postings were on-site, about 10% hybrid, and about 5% remote. There is also a smaller but worth-watching entertainment angle. A $300 million McKinney music venue targeting an early 2027 opening points to future demand around event coverage, promotion, social content, and entertainment reporting in the north DFW corridor.

Which employers are hiring the most Media, Journalism & Entertainment talent in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from GLORY DAYS SERVICE INC (10 postings), The Joint Corp. (10 postings), Herc Rentals Inc. (5 postings), ServiceMaster DSI (5 postings), Herc Rentals (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 80% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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