The editor of The Dallas Morning News is leaving for other pastures: Executive Editor Katrice Hardy is leaving her post to become CEO of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit focused on criminal justice.

Hardy, 51, has been with the paper for three-and-a-half years; she began in August 2021. According to an announcement, she'll stay at the newspaper through February, and start at The Marshall Project in March.

The Marshall Project is an online outlet launched 10 years ago with a mission to “expose wrongs, bringing them to the attention of officials who can take action."

It's headquartered in New York with news teams in Cleveland, St. Louis, and Jackson, Mississippi. They publish a magazine distributed to more than 1,000 prisons and jails nationwide and produce a video series for incarcerated audiences.

Hardy has been on the board since 2022. Her position is a new one that will oversee both the newsroom and business sides — tasks previously co-led by a president and editor-in-chief.

Marshall Project President Carroll Bogert informed the board of her intention to step down while the search was underway for a new editor-in-chief to replace Susan Chira.

“I wanted to give the board the option to unify The Marshall Project’s staff structure, and that is what they indeed chose to do,” Bogert said, calling Hardy "an inspired choice to lead both the journalism and the business of The Marshall Project into its second decade."

While at the DMN, Hardy oversaw an increase in reporters to cover development, food and restaurants, high school sports, and local government. She helped expand The News’ community-funded journalism program, launching Arts Access in partnership with KERA to cover arts in Dallas-Fort Worth through the lens of access and equity, as well as increasing coverage of transportation, faith, science, and southern Dallas.

According to a story in The Dallas Morning News, she will stay in Dallas and work remotely.