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Career Guide: Journalist

Career Guide: Journalist

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  • About the Editor
    • Presents the basic concept of being a journalist.
    • Contains full details of highly-respected accredited courses.
    • Gives you all you need to plan and build your career in journalism.

Journalism is a form of writing that tells people about things that really happened, but that they might not have known about already. People who write journalism are called “journalists.” They might work at newspapers, magazines, websites or for TV or radio stations. The most important characteristic shared by good journalists is curiosity. Good journalists love to read and want to find out as much as they can about the world around them. Journalists educate the public about events and issues and how they affect their lives. They spend much of their time interviewing expert sources, searching public records and other sources for information, and sometimes visiting the scene where a crime or other newsworthy occurrence took place. Journalists work in many areas of life, finding and presenting information, however, for the purposes of this guide we define journalists as those who present that information as news to the audiences of newspapers, magazines, radio or television stations or via the Internet. Within these different media, there are specialist tasks for journalists. In large organizations, the journalists may specialize in only one task. In small organizations, each journalist may have to do many different tasks.
About the Guide
This Career Guide provides guidance to people facing a variety of career challenges. These challenges may include dealing with redundancy, seeking a new job, changing careers, returning to work after a career break, building new skills, personal and professional development, going for promotion, and setting up a business. The common aim of the career guide, whatever the particular situation of the individual being guided, is normally to help that individual gain control of their career and, to some extent, their life. This comprehensive resource has been developed to provide you with a road map for your particular area of interest to shape the career as a Journalist. Whether you are looking for that entry-level position, growing in your respective field, or making a career transition, the means to accomplish your goals are within this resource. The Career Guide looks at what a journalist is, the roles and responsibilities they carry out and the essential qualities needed to succeed.