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Essential Skills for a Career in Journalism

Discover the key skills needed for a successful journalism career, from communication to information interpretation. Learn how to begin, where to work, and how to find journalism jobs online. Start your journey today!

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Essential Skills for a Career in Journalism

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  1. Careers in Journalism Carol Cooper, PhD

  2. What skills will I need? • Interpersonal communication skills • Critical thinking skills • The ability to accurately collect, organize and interpret information for a target audience. • Understand the mediums used to relate that information - there are eight - to others • Understand the structures in which those mediums exist.

  3. How to begin • Keep writing and/or shooting photos and videos • Create and maintain a portfolio • Job shadow * • Internships* • Earn a degree in journalism, public relations, or mass communication *Network, network, network!

  4. Where can I work if I enjoy writing and research? • On-air personality • Production assistant • Content Writer • Social Media Manager • Copyeditor • Communications Director • Marketing Assistant • Producer • Reporter • Managing Editor • Content Manager • Public Relations specialist • Media Coordinator • Marketing Coordinator • Marketing Communications specialist • Technical and Medical Writing

  5. You already have some transferable skills: • You know how to collect information, organize it and get it to an audience. • You know that people interpret media messages in different ways • You know that there is some kind of structure for relaying information to an audience

  6. Finding journalism jobs – Internet resources • JournalismJobs.com: https://www.journalismjobs.com/index.php • The American Society of News Editors (ANSE): https://www.asne.org/jobs_search.asp

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