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journalist Occupational skill for the role 'journalist' (also: financial journalist, business journalist, correspondent, commentator, web editor, news anchor). Use when the user asks for typical journalist work such as: typical journalist responsibilities

Journalist

Journalists research, verify and write news stories for newspapers, magazines, television and other broadcast media. They cover political, economic, cultural, social and sport events. Journalists must conform to ethical codes such as freedom of speech and right of reply, press law and editorial standards in order to bring objective information.

Core workflow

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • apply grammar and spelling rules
  • build contacts to maintain news flow
  • consult information sources
  • copyright legislation
  • develop professional network
  • digital journalism
  • editorial standards
  • evaluate writings in response to feedback
  • follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
  • follow the news
  • grammar
  • interview people
  • interview techniques
  • participate in editorial meetings
  • spelling

Hot technologies

  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Facebook
  • Hypertext markup language HTML
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook

Hot technologies

Top tools from 51 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-14):

  • Facebook — 6 %
  • social media — 6 %
  • YouTube — 6 %

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a47f82d3-4cf7-4abf-bb36-2c8cbad28234), ONET 30.3 (27-3023.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*