Senior Reporter

The Texas Lawbook is the premier publication dedicated to delivering in-depth news and analysis for lawyers who represent businesses in litigation, transactional and regulatory matters across the Lone Star State. We cover a wide range of topics including commercial litigation, corporate law, white-collar, regulatory, public service, appellate and more. 

As our team continues to grow, we are seeking an experienced reporter to join our dynamic newsroom.

This position is fully remote, but the selected candidate is required to reside within one of the primary counties that constitute the core Texas Triangle: the Austin, Dallas or Houston MSAs. Some travel will be occasionally required across Texas for stories and source development, primarily Dallas and Houston. 

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a seasoned and motivated senior reporter who can bring clarity and insight to M&A, capital markets and restructuring. Unlike some publications that cover those topics in Texas, The Lawbook focuses on work led or handled by lawyers across the state. For example, in this role, you’re just as likely to cover a major international deal between two conglomerates as you are an acquisition by a Dallas family office of a Waco middle-market company.

At The Lawbook, we’re interested in getting to know the actual people driving the deals, restructurings and more, including Texas lawyers for principals and others serving in advisory roles, such as finance. 

Our audience also craves enterprise reporting, and this position will enjoy access to our exclusive Corporate Deal Tracker database to help identify trends across sectors, as well as other resources to quickly master covering one of the fiercest deal markets in the world.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Source development: Build and maintain a network of contacts within the legal and business communities to stay ahead of emerging trends and breaking news, particularly with principal lawyers, investment bankers, family office heads and private equity firms

Scoop hound: Consistently and aggressively cover significant mergers, acquisitions and restructuring cases involving Texas lawyers, as well as introducing our audience to key newsmakers through in-depth profiles

Enterprise reporting: Tapping your source network and document dives, steadily provide exclusive analysis around deal trends, regulatory (or lack thereof) developments and other topics that impact the deal space in Texas

Collaboration: Work closely with editors and other reporters to ensure dependable comprehensive coverage, including with the editor, senior editor and data reporter to collaboratively produce our popular weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven experience in legal or financial journalism, with a focus on mergers, acquisitions or bankruptcy preferred
• Strong understanding of the Texas legal and/or business landscape and key players, including how executives and dealmakers function
• Excellent writing, editing and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• Willingness to travel regularly within Texas as news dictates, especially to Dallas and Houston
• Must reside within the Austin, Dallas or Houston MSAs

WHY JOIN US?

• Work remotely with a dedicated, veteran journalism team that sits in cities across the state. We’re a reporter-first newsroom that encourages the freedom to tell the stories that matter most on your beat. 
• With more than 16,000 paid subscribers and growing, The Lawbook is read by the most influential and powerful newsmakers in the Texas legal market. 
• We don’t have daily story quotas. We’re primarily a paywalled publication, so we’re about context, not clicks. Our reporters are the most fundamental component of a Lawbook subscriber’s experience.
• We’re locally owned. The newsroom is not incessantly pressured by an out-of-state corporate office about matters unrelated to journalism.
• Our founder is an award-winning legal journalist. He also is a huge Eagles fan — the band, not the team.

SALARY

The annual salary for this role will depend on a candidate’s experience, but the minimum is $85,000.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send your resume, cover letter and five of your best links that showcase a mix of your breaking news and enterprise reporting to careers@texaslawbook.net. 

Recent college graduates will not be considered for this role, but prospective candidates with ties to Texas who recently graduated may submit their resumes for future consideration.