Maria Crane

Fort Worth Report

Reporter Profile

Prior to joining the Fort Worth Report, Crane worked as a freelance photojournalist in North Texas, including an internship with the Denton Record-Chronicle. Crane was the Spring 2024 photography fellow at The Texas Tribune where she covered politics and policy in Texas, and she was a part of the Eddie Adams Workshop XXXVII in Fall 2024. Crane has dual bachelor’s degrees in photojournalism and political science as well as a master’s degree in journalism from the University of North Texas. At UNT, she was photo editor of the North Texas Daily and Managing Editor for Hatch Visuals, a student run photo agency.

Beat: Community visual journalist

The visual journalism position would work alongside our team of reporters in creating visual content to tell hyperlocal news stories. Visual content includes photos, videos, audio and infographics. Heavy emphasis on video and building our audience via social media to grow our primary website and newsletter audiences.