Reporters & Correspondents
Also called:
Reporter, Anchor, News Reporter, General Assignment Reporter
see titles from the Army, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Public Affairs Broadcast Specialist
Basic Combat Correspondent; Combat Correspondent
Journalist Tracking NEC; Mass Communications; Mass Communications Specialist
What they do:
Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. Report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, radio, or television.
On the job, you would:
- Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.
- Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.
- Review copy and correct errors in content, grammar, and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines.
Arts and Humanities
Communications
Business
- customer service
- management
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
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People interested in this work like activities that include
creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Initiative
- Dependability
- Persistence
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
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You might use software like this on the job:
Data base user interface and query software
- FileMaker Pro software
- Microsoft Access
Analytical or scientific software
- SPSS software
- Statistical analysis software
Map creation software
- ESRI ArcView
- Mapping software
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bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$34,870
per year, on average
This work is part of the .
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Army, Marine Corps, or Navy.
