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News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

$55.96K Median Salary 5.4K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 6% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

Anchor, News Anchor, News Reporter, Radio News Anchor, Radio Talk Show Host, Reporter, Staff Writer, Television News Anchor (TV News Anchor), Television News Reporter, Television Reporter (TV Reporter)

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Speech Clarity

Oral Expression

Oral Comprehension

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Speech Recognition

Inductive Reasoning

Near Vision

Originality

Problem Sensitivity

Deductive Reasoning

Information Ordering

Fluency of Ideas

Category Flexibility

Selective Attention

Knowledge

English Language

Communications and Media

Law and Government

Computers and Electronics

Telecommunications

Customer and Personal Service

Geography

Skills

Active Listening

Reading Comprehension

Speaking

Writing

Critical Thinking

Social Perceptiveness

Active Learning

Monitoring

Time Management

Complex Problem Solving

Coordination

Judgment and Decision Making

Persuasion

Technology Skills

Video creation and editing software

Data base user interface and query software

Web page creation and editing software

Analytical or scientific software

Desktop publishing software

Instant messaging software

Music or sound editing software

Spreadsheet software

Geographic information system

Electronic mail software

Object oriented data base management software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Facilities management software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Internet browser software

Presentation software

Map creation software

Project management software

Web platform development software

Information retrieval or search software

Tools

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Satellite core equipment

Mobile phones

Notebook computers

Digital cameras

Headphones

Flash memory storage card

Video editors

Audio vidio console

Digital voice recorders

Digital audio workstation DAW

Special purpose telephones

Laser fax machine

Microphones

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Abilities

Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

Skills

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Technology Skills

Video creation and editing software: YouTube
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Web page creation and editing software: Facebook; Google Sites; LinkedIn; Social media sites
Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Desktop publishing software: Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Publisher
Instant messaging software: GroupMe
Music or sound editing software: Music software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Geographic information system: ESRI ArcView; Geographic information system GIS systems
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Object oriented data base management software: Hibernate ORM; PostgreSQL
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Facilities management software: Maintenance management software
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Map creation software: ESRI Site Scan for ArcGIS; OpenDroneMap
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Web platform development software: Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Information retrieval or search software: LexisNexis

Tools

Digital camcorders or video cameras: Digital video cameras
Satellite core equipment: Mobile broadcast units
Mobile phones:
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Digital cameras:
Headphones: Headphone amplifiers; Studio headphones
Flash memory storage card: Universal serial bus USB flash drives
Video editors: Video editing equipment
Audio vidio console: Editing consoles
Digital voice recorders: Digital audio recorders
Digital audio workstation DAW: Digital audio workstations
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Laser fax machine: Laser facsimile machines
Microphones: Handheld microphones; Studio microphones; Wireless microphones
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:

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