Where a journalist can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a journalist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Journalists research, verify and write news stories for newspapers, magazines, television and other broadcast media. They cover political, economic, cultural, social and sport events. Journalists must conform to ethical codes such as freedom of speech and right of reply, press law and editorial standards in order to bring objective information.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 80%
- Destinations
- 12each with a full record
- Within reach
- 12difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 119required or supplementary
Table 1 · Within reach
- magazine editor 80% covered · difficulty 22.1
- editor-in-chief 74% covered · difficulty 31.6
- newspaper editor 81% covered · difficulty 24.5
- blogger 66% covered · difficulty 39
- broadcast news editor 64% covered · difficulty 42.5
- picture editor 64% covered · difficulty 43.1
- vlogger 63% covered · difficulty 43.1
- news anchor 62% covered · difficulty 43
- fact checker 58% covered · difficulty 37.9
- speechwriter 56% covered · difficulty 42.8
- copy editor 56% covered · difficulty 42.5
- editorial assistant 55% covered · difficulty 44.5
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journalist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a journalist already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.