Dallas Morning News Hires New Editor

(WBAP/KLIF) — The Dallas Morning News has named Tampa Bay Times senior editor Amy Hollyfield its new managing editor.

The newspaper reported, Thursday, that Hollyfield would succeed Keith Campbell, who retired in December. The 51-year-old journalist will oversee day-to-day newsroom operations when she takes over next month. In 20 years at the Times, Hollyfield helped launch the fact-checking website ‘Politifact’ in 2007 and reported for the website, including tracking down every available public record tied to Barack Obama’s citizenship.That reporting won a Pulitzer prize for national reporting.

Hollyfield is a native of Michigan.

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