Hearst
Energy and Data Center Reporter
Houston, TX, United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Location
- Houston, TX, United States
Houston - Experience
- Approximately 5 years of relevant reporting experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Does not provide immigration sponsorship; applicants must have the right to work in the U.S. without immigration sponsorship.
About the job
Reports on how Texas’s power grid, energy industry, and data-center growth affect the state’s economy, policies, and communities.
What you'll do
- Cover Texas’s electrical grid, power markets, and growing electricity demand from data centers and other large industrial users.
- Break news and develop sources across utilities, regulators, energy companies, technology firms, and government.
- Use records, filings, data analysis, and investigative reporting to produce accountability journalism and explain complex issues to readers.
What they ask for
- Track record of breaking news, cultivating sources, and producing exclusive reporting.
- Ability to explain complex technical and regulatory issues clearly to a broad audience.
- Comfort with public records, financial documents, regulatory filings, and datasets.
Nice to have
- Reporting experience covering energy, business, infrastructure, government, or another complex policy beat.
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