Jordan Parker is the aviation beat reporter for The Dallas Morning News. He covers how air travel affects North Texas and much of his time is spent chronicling the impact Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, DFW International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport are having on the region. 

Prior to his arrival in Texas, Jordan had a three-year stint as a breaking news reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he covered general news, such as labor issues, transportation, the emergence of driverless cars, crime and wildfires. In 2024, the San Francisco Press Club honored him and a colleague with a breaking news award after a woman was struck and dragged by a Cruise robotaxi on the streets of San Francisco.

Before he joined the Chronicle, Jordan attended Sacramento State University where he earned his Bachelors degree in journalism. 

At Sacramento State he became the first Black editor in chief of The State Hornet, the award-winning student-run campus newspaper. He led a staff of over 60 editors, reporters, broadcasters, and photographers, and served as the public face of the newsroom. Under his leadership, the paper enacted its first-ever diversity initiative, which focused on covering underrepresented communities on campus and won its first Online Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press.