The ''Midland Reporter-Telegram'' is a daily

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Midland, Texas Midland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Midland County with small portions extending into Martin County. The population was 132,524 as of the 2020 census. Located in the Permian Basin in West Texas, Midland is a ...

. It is located in the heart of the vast 54-county Permian Basin of

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, a geological region which produces 70 percent of the oil in Texas. The newspaper's special coverage includes the "Permian Basin Oil Report", a weekly section devoted to news of the gas and oil industry, and Mywesttexasjobs.com, a weekly employment magazine that is free to the community and has a wide distribution throughout the Permian Basin. The ''Reporter-Telegram'' is a Hearst Corporation publication, having been acquired by the corporation in 1979. The ''Reporter-Telegram'' moved from its longtime location at 201 E. Illinois Ave. to the Apex Building in ClayDesta — 15 Smith Road, Suite 1004 — on Nov. 22, 2021.

Staff

In October 2015, Hearst named Jeffrey P. Shabram as Publisher of the ''Midland Reporter-Telegram'' and its West Texas companion publications, ''The Plainview Daily Herald'' in Plainview, ''The Canyon News'' in

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, and ''The Muleshoe Journal'' in Muleshoe, Texas. Prior to the appointment, Shabram was Vice President of Midland Newspapers and Senior Director of Digital for Berkshire Hathaway Media based in Omaha, Nebraska. Robert Granfeldt became the general manager of Hearst's West Texas publications in June 2020. Longtime employee Stewart Doreen left his role as editor in December 2023, having spent nearly 29 years at the ''Reporter-Telegram''. Doreen was promoted from managing editor to editor in October 2010, replacing Gary Ott, who retired that same month. Trevor Hawes began as editorial director in May 2024. He started at the ''Reporter-Telegram'' in 2010 as a copy editor and was promoted to news editor that same year. He shifted to the role of assistant managing editor of business and oil in 2016. His reporting on transportation issues in the Permian Basin earned him the American Planning Association Texas Chapter journalism award in 2017. Mary Gilda Dearen (born 1955) was the managing editor. She retired after 39 years in December 2019. She is married to western novelist and historian Patrick Dearen.

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Hearst Corporation: ''Midland Reporter-Telegram''
Daily newspapers published in Texas Hearst Communications publications Newspapers published in Midland–Odessa {{texas-newspaper-stub Newspapers established in 1929 1929 establishments in Texas