journalist/references/skills.md

Competences — journalist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a47f82d3-4cf7-4abf-bb36-2c8cbad28234).

Essential

• apply grammar and spelling rules (skill/competence)
• build contacts to maintain news flow (skill/competence)
• consult information sources (skill/competence)
• copyright legislation (knowledge)
• develop professional network (skill/competence)
• digital journalism (knowledge)
• editorial standards (knowledge)
• evaluate writings in response to feedback (skill/competence)
• follow ethical code of conduct of journalists (skill/competence)
• follow the news (skill/competence)
• grammar (knowledge)
• interview people (skill/competence)
• interview techniques (knowledge)
• participate in editorial meetings (skill/competence)
• spelling (knowledge)
• stay up to date with social media (skill/competence)
• study topics (skill/competence)
• use specific writing techniques (skill/competence)
• write to a deadline (skill/competence)
• writing techniques (knowledge)

Optional

• adapt to changing situations (skill/competence)
• adapt to type of media (skill/competence)
• address problems critically (skill/competence)
• analyse market financial trends (skill/competence)
• analyse trends in the food and beverage industries (skill/competence)
• apply desktop publishing techniques (skill/competence)
• art history (knowledge)
• ask questions at events (skill/competence)
• attend book fairs (skill/competence)
• attend performances (skill/competence)
• attend trade fairs (skill/competence)
• audio editing software (knowledge)
• check correctness of information (skill/competence)
• communicate by telephone (skill/competence)
• corporate law (knowledge)
• court procedures (knowledge)
• create online news content (skill/competence)
• criminal law (knowledge)
• critically reflect on artistic production processes (skill/competence)
• cultural projects (knowledge)
• desktop publishing (knowledge)
• develop film (skill/competence)
• direct photographic workers (skill/competence)
• do historical research (skill/competence)
• document interviews (skill/competence)
• economics (knowledge)
• edit digital moving images (skill/competence)
• edit negatives (skill/competence)
• edit photographs (skill/competence)
• edit recorded sound (skill/competence)
• election law (knowledge)
• ensure consistency of published articles (skill/competence)
• film studies (knowledge)
• financial jurisdiction (knowledge)
• follow directions of on-site director (skill/competence)
• follow newspaper house style (skill/competence)
• food hygiene rules (knowledge)
• food materials (knowledge)
• food science (knowledge)
• history of dance style (knowledge)
• ICT software specifications (knowledge)
• law enforcement (knowledge)
• liaise with celebrities (skill/competence)
• liaise with cultural partners (skill/competence)
• literature (knowledge)
• maintain an artistic portfolio (skill/competence)
• maintain photographic equipment (skill/competence)
• manage personal finances (skill/competence)
• manage personal professional development (skill/competence)
• manage writing administration (skill/competence)
• media and information literacy (knowledge)
• meet deadlines (skill/competence)
• monitor political conflicts (skill/competence)
• multimedia systems (knowledge)
• musical genres (knowledge)
• musical instruments (knowledge)
• musical theory (knowledge)
• observe new developments in foreign countries (skill/competence)
• perform image editing (skill/competence)
• perform video editing (skill/competence)
• photography (knowledge)
• political campaigning (knowledge)
• political parties (knowledge)
• political science (knowledge)
• present arguments persuasively (skill/competence)
• present during live broadcasts (skill/competence)
• press law (knowledge)
• promote one's writings (skill/competence)
• pronunciation techniques (knowledge)
• proofread text (skill/competence)
• provide context to news stories (skill/competence)
• provide written content (skill/competence)
• read books (skill/competence)
• record court procedures (skill/competence)
• record multi-track sound (skill/competence)
• review unpublished articles (skill/competence)
• rewrite articles (skill/competence)
• rewrite manuscripts (skill/competence)
• rhetoric (knowledge)
• select camera apertures (skill/competence)
• select photographic equipment (skill/competence)
• set up photographic equipment (skill/competence)
• show diplomacy (skill/competence)
• show intercultural awareness (skill/competence)
• speak different languages (skill/competence)
• sport games rules (knowledge)
• sport history (knowledge)
• sporting events (knowledge)
• sports competition information (knowledge)
• stock market (knowledge)
• study cultures (skill/competence)
• tax legislation (knowledge)
• test photographic equipment (skill/competence)
• types of literature genres (knowledge)
• use photographic equipment (skill/competence)
• use word processing software (skill/competence)
• watch video and motion picture production products (skill/competence)
• write captions (skill/competence)
• write headlines (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 51 ads, as of 2026-07-14)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

• news reporting — 31 %
• video editing — 27 %
• writing — 27 %
• reporting — 22 %
• interviewing — 20 %