Occupation Atlaspolitical journalist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/eb7e42d0-9b3f-49ad-81f1-b9ee8491bf39
political journalist
Political journalists research and write articles about politics and politicians for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews and attend events.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
IAEInvestigative · Artistic · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.71
- A Artistic3.87
- E Enterprising3.61
- C Conventional3.52
- S Social3.42
- R Realistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Political Scientists (19-3094.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- develop professional network
- 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
- political parties
- political science
- rhetoric
- spelling
- stay up to date with social media
- study topics
- use specific writing techniques
- write to a deadline
- writing techniques
Optional (35)
- ICT software specifications
- adapt to changing situations
- adapt to type of media
- analyse the comments of selected audiences
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- ask questions at events
- audio editing software
- check correctness of information
- communicate by telephone
- create online news content
- desktop publishing
- document interviews
- edit digital moving images
- edit negatives
- edit photographs
- edit recorded sound
- election law
- follow directions of on-site director
- manage personal finances
- manage writing administration
- monitor political conflicts
- multimedia systems
- observe new developments in foreign countries
- perform image editing
- perform video editing
- political campaigning
- present during live broadcasts
- press law
- promote one's writings
- pronunciation techniques
- proofread text
- provide written content
- review unpublished articles
- write captions
- write headlines
O*NET equivalents
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