Occupation Atlasnewspaper editor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/26ce22fe-4018-4387-8e6b-c2555f5fc0ac
newspaper editor
Newspaper editors decide which news stories are interesting enough and will be covered in the paper. They assign journalists to each item. Newspaper editors determine the length of each news article and where it will be featured in the newspaper. They also ensure that publications are finished on time for publishing.
Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ACEArtistic · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic5.39
- C Conventional4.68
- E Enterprising4.13
- I Investigative2.90
- S Social2.56
- R Realistic1.03
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 Editors (27-3041.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
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.
- adapt to changing situations
- adapt to type of media
- apply organisational techniques
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- check stories
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- create editorial board
- develop professional network
- editorial standards
- ensure consistency of published articles
- follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
- follow newspaper house style
- follow the news
- meet deadlines
- participate in editorial meetings
- press law
- respect cultural preferences
- use specific writing techniques
- writing techniques
Optional (23)
- accounting techniques
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- ask questions at events
- check correctness of information
- create online news content
- desktop publishing
- digital journalism
- edit negatives
- edit photographs
- grammar
- graphic design
- interview people
- interview techniques
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- perform image editing
- proofread text
- spelling
- use word processing software
- write captions
- write headlines
- write to a deadline
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 20 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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10 shared · 10 more of its ownbuild contacts to maintain news flow, follow ethical code of conduct of journalists, participate in editorial meetings, editorial standards
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10 shared · 10 more of its ownbuild contacts to maintain news flow, follow ethical code of conduct of journalists, participate in editorial meetings, editorial standards
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10 shared · 11 more of its ownbuild contacts to maintain news flow, follow ethical code of conduct of journalists, participate in editorial meetings, editorial standards
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