Reporters & Correspondents
Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. Report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, radio, or television.
Also called: Anchor, News Reporter, Reporter, Staff Writer
Knowledge:
- multimedia
- telecommunications
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- create new and original ideas
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Achievement/Effort
- Initiative
Technology:
Video creation and editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects
- YouTube
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft SQL Server
Desktop publishing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Microsoft Publisher