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Market evidence report — political-journalist
Source: 33 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 33), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 24 | 73 % |
| n/a | 8 | 24 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daybook | 5 | 15 % |
| 2 | Adobe Premiere | 4 | 12 % |
| 3 | Photoshop | 3 | 9 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | political reporting | 12 | 36 % |
| 2 | news reporting | 9 | 27 % |
| 3 | political analysis | 7 | 21 % |
| 4 | investigative journalism | 6 | 18 % |
| 5 | source development | 6 | 18 % |
| 6 | video editing | 6 | 18 % |
| 7 | interviewing | 5 | 15 % |
| 8 | research | 5 | 15 % |
| 9 | data analysis | 4 | 12 % |
| 10 | news writing | 4 | 12 % |
| 11 | storytelling | 4 | 12 % |
| 12 | writing | 4 | 12 % |
| 13 | fact-checking | 3 | 9 % |
| 14 | story pitching | 3 | 9 % |
| 15 | video production | 3 | 9 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breaking news coverage | 5 | 15 % |
| 2 | video content creation | 4 | 12 % |
| 3 | content production | 3 | 9 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 33 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
33 ads.
Top hard skills:
- political reporting — 36 % (12 ads)
- news reporting — 27 % (9 ads)
- political analysis — 21 % (7 ads)
- investigative journalism — 18 % (6 ads)
- source development — 18 % (6 ads)
- video editing — 18 % (6 ads)
- interviewing — 15 % (5 ads)
- research — 15 % (5 ads)
- data analysis — 12 % (4 ads)
- news writing — 12 % (4 ads)
Top tools:
- Daybook — 15 % (5 ads)
- Adobe Premiere — 12 % (4 ads)
- Photoshop — 9 % (3 ads)
- After Effects — 6 % (2 ads)
- Illustrator — 6 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 73 % · n/a 24 % · junior 3 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Breaking National Politics Reporter | 2 |
| Politics Reporter | 2 |
| Associate Editor (Journalism / Politics) | 1 |
| Capitol Politics Reporter: Investigative & Enterprise | 1 |
| City Hall Politics Reporter - Break News & Newsletter | 1 |
| DC Political Video Reporter | 1 |
| DC Politics Reporter: Bay Area Focus & Impact | 1 |
| DC-Based Politics Video Journalist | 1 |
| DC-Based Politics Video Journalist Job at News Corp UK & Ireland Limited in New | 1 |
| Dynamic Political Reporter: Break News & Engage Audiences | 1 |
| General Assignment Reporter, State Politics | 1 |
| Government & Politics Reporter | 1 |
| News Corp UK & Ireland Limited is hiring: Politics Video Journalist — Fast-Paced | 1 |
| Political Analyst | 1 |
| Political Enterprise Reporter | 1 |
| Political News Correspondent | 1 |
| Political Reporter | 1 |
| Political Reporter (Washington, D.C. Bureau) | 1 |
| Political Reporter: Break News & Engage Chicago Audiences | 1 |
| Political Video Journalist | 1 |
| Political Video Journalist Job at News Corp UK & Ireland Limited in Washington | 1 |
| Politics & Government Reporter/Producer | 1 |
| Politics Breaking News Reporter at The Guardian Washington DC | 1 |
| Politics Reporter (Breaking News) | 1 |
| Reporter, National Politics | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.