New editors appointed at The Dallas Morning News

DALLAS – Management changes announced at The Dallas Morning News

Rudolph Bush named editorial page editor
Rudolph Bush, a veteran Dallas Morning News reporter and editor, has been named the newspaper’s editorial page editor and vice president.
Bush, 46, deputy editorial page editor since 2018, takes over for Brendan Miniter, who left The News in October to become Texas superintendent of Great Hearts schools.
Grant Moise, president and publisher of The News, said the important position merited a national search and several candidates were interviewed.
“We looked for both great leadership traits and for a great journalist,” Moise said. “Rudy has done great work in the last few years as deputy editorial page editor and he had an X-factor — not many people know this city like he does.”
Bush’s civic knowledge was sharpened as a Dallas City Hall and investigations reporter from 2007 to 2014, and then as an editor to reporters who covered Dallas government.
Before coming to The News, Bush was at the Chicago Tribune from 2001 to 2007, covering gang crime and federal courts, including the investigations of two governors. He became a national correspondent in the newspaper’s Washington Bureau, where he covered then-Sen. Barack Obama.
Bush continues to innovate with new ways to reach readers, Moise said, such as the launch last summer of a local podcast called Deep Side of Dallas.
Newspapers have had editorial pages forever, but in more divisive times they have come under criticism. Much of that is from “intentional provocation” from some corners, Bush said.
“I think the role of a newspaper editorial page is crucial for a community,” Bush said. “It should be a place where people respectfully consider ideas.”
The editorial board produces The Dallas Morning News Voter Guide, a public service for readers with information and responses from 350 candidates in 122 races in the upcoming primary. The board, which is made up of six journalists, interviews candidates over several weeks, blocking out four hours each day. For the March 1 primary, the editorial board has made recommendations in more than 40 races.
A native of Mobile, Ala., Bush is a 1997 graduate of the University of Dallas and started his journalism career in San Antonio. He also has two graduate degrees, a Master of Arts and an MBA from the University of Dallas. He has been the director of journalism at his alma mater since 2014.

Amy Hollyfield appointed managing editor
Amy Hollyfield, a veteran award-winning journalist who has led several large reporting teams at The Tampa Bay Times, is joining The Dallas Morning News as managing editor.
The appointment was announced by News executive editor Katrice Hardy. Hollyfield succeeds Keith Campbell, who retired from The News in December after 31 years.
Hollyfield brings decades of journalism experience to the key newsroom role overseeing day-to-day operations.
As senior deputy editor at The Times, Hollyfield oversaw reporting teams for state and local government and education and directed its print edition. She recently led a unique partnership with the National Hurricane Center to produce a series of stories in January titled “Rising Threat.” The Times used hurricane center data and local property records to examine the impact of future storms on the Tampa region.
She also helped launch fact-checking website PolitiFact.com in 2007 and reported for the website, including tracking down every available public record tied to Barack Obama’s citizenship, which won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.
While she was born in Michigan, Hollyfield lived in Texas as a toddler when her father was stationed by the military in Big Spring and San Antonio after serving in the Vietnam War. She also has extended family in Austin.
The mother of two daughters, ages 21 and 16, Hollyfield said she has lived in Florida since she graduated from Northwestern University but is looking forward to leading a newsroom in Texas, which is always in the national spotlight. She also noted she’s attracted to The  News for its independent ownership as a publicly traded company but family controlled.
“Local journalism is fighting for its life. I look at The Dallas Morning News as such a bright star in that fight to keep local journalism alive,” Hollyfield said. “I’ve been blessed to work for an independent newspaper and to now come to another one that’s devoted to its community and state and devoted to doing amazing journalism.”