News Analysts, Reporters, & Journalists
Anchor, News Anchor, News Reporter, Reporter
What 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.
On the job, you would:
- Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.
- Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.
- Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.
Knowledge
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Communications
- multimedia
- telecommunications
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Business
- customer service
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by writing
- read and understand what is written
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Initiative
- Adaptability
- Innovation
- Social Orientation
- Achievement Orientation
- Intellectual Curiosity
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Video creation and editing software
- Adobe After Effects Hot Technology
- YouTube
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access Hot Technology
- Microsoft SQL Server Hot Technology
Web page creation and editing software
- Facebook Hot Technology
- WordPress Hot Technology
Education
Education: (rated 3 of 4)
bachelor's degree or
high school diploma/GED
usually needed
high school diploma/GED
usually needed
Job Outlook
Below Average
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
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