What do they do?
Narrate or write news stories, reviews, or commentary for print, broadcast, or other communications media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, or television. May collect and analyze information through interview, investigation, or observation.
Also known as:
Anchor, Business Reporter, Columnist, Education Reporter, Film Critic, General Assignment Reporter, Journalist, Multimedia Journalist, News Anchor, News Reporter, News Writer, Reporter, Sports Anchor, Sports Reporter, Sports Writer, Staff Writer, TV News Anchor (Television News Anchor), TV News Reporter (Television News Reporter), TV Reporter (Television Reporter)
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- Master's degree (23%)
- Some college, no degree (5%)
- Doctorate or Professional Degree (3%)
- High school diploma equivalent (3%)
- Associate's degree (3%)
- Less than high school diploma (1%)
Most Popular Majors that prepare News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
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People in this career often have these skills:
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
People in this career often know a lot about:
- English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
- Communications and Media - Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
People in this career often have talent in:
- Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
People in this career often do these activities:
- Report news to the public.
- Gather information for news stories.
- Coordinate logistics for productions or events.
- Develop professional relationships or networks.
- Determine presentation subjects or content.
- Analyze information obtained from news sources.
- Operate still or video cameras or related equipment.
- Edit written materials.
- Write informational material.
- Interview others for news or entertainment purposes.
- Inform viewers, listeners, or audiences.
- Monitor current trends.
- Operate communications, transmissions, or broadcasting equipment.
- Coordinate reporting or editing activities.
- Correspond with customers to answer questions or resolve complaints.
This page includes data from:
Career data:
O*NET 31.0 Database
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Occupation statistics: USDOL U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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