Occupation Atlasentertainment journalist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d3570716-cc0d-4a61-b9a0-9b3081050e9d
entertainment journalist
Entertainment journalists research and write articles about cultural and social events for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews with artists and celebrities and attend events.
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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.
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Occupational interest profile
AESArtistic · Enterprising · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic5.68
- E Enterprising4.38
- S Social3.54
- C Conventional3.11
- I Investigative2.01
- R Realistic1.66
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 Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys (27-3011.00): 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 (21)
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
- digital journalism
- 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
- rhetoric
- spelling
- stay up to date with social media
- study topics
- use specific writing techniques
- write to a deadline
- writing techniques
Optional (38)
- ICT software specifications
- adapt to changing situations
- adapt to type of media
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- ask questions at events
- attend book fairs
- attend performances
- audio editing software
- check correctness of information
- communicate by telephone
- create online news content
- cultural projects
- desktop publishing
- document interviews
- edit digital moving images
- edit negatives
- edit photographs
- edit recorded sound
- follow directions of on-site director
- follow newspaper house style
- liaise with celebrities
- liaise with cultural partners
- literature
- manage personal finances
- manage writing administration
- multimedia systems
- perform image editing
- perform video editing
- present during live broadcasts
- press law
- promote one's writings
- pronunciation techniques
- proofread text
- provide written content
- read books
- rewrite articles
- write captions
- write headlines
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.
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