News Analysts, Reporters, & Journalists

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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:
  • Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers.
  • Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.
  • Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.

Knowledge

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Communications

  • multimedia
  • telecommunications

Safety and Government

  • law and government

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics

Skills

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • 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 speaking
  • communicate by writing

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • notice when problems happen

Attention

  • pay attention to something without being distracted

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Initiative
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Achievement/Effort

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 4 of 5)

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