News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

• Summary

• Details

Work Activities

• Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.
• Write columns, editorials, commentaries, or reviews that interpret events or offer opinions.
• Photograph or videotape news events.
• Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information.
• Develop ideas or material for columns or commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues, or personal experiences.
• Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.
• Discuss issues with editors to establish priorities or positions.
• Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats.
• Communicate with readers, viewers, advertisers, or the general public via mail, email, or telephone.
• Present news stories, and introduce in-depth videotaped segments or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters.
• Present live or recorded commentary via broadcast media.
• Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.
• Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories.
• Review written, audio, or video copy, and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines.
• Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.
• Take pictures or video, and process them for inclusion in a story.
• Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas.
• Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.
• Determine a published or broadcasted story's emphasis, length, and format, organizing material accordingly.
• Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts.
• Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers.
• Review and evaluate notes taken about news events to isolate pertinent facts and details.
• Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education.
• Assign stories to other reporters or duties to production staff.
• Revise work to meet editorial approval or to fit time or space requirements.
• Transmit news stories or reporting information from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones, telephones, fax machines, or modems.
• Write online blog entries that address news developments or offer additional information, opinions, or commentary on news events.
• Take pictures or video, and process them for inclusion in a story.
• Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.
• Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.
• Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information.
• Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education.
• Conduct taped or filmed interviews or narratives.

Skills

• Management of Financial Resources
  • Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
• Speaking
  • Talking to others.
• Time Management
  • Managing your time and the time of other people.
• Persuasion
  • Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
• Quality Control Analysis
  • Testing how well a product or service works.
• Complex Problem Solving
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
• Operation and Control
  • Using equipment or systems.
• Technology Design
  • Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
• Judgment and Decision Making
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
• Management of Material Resources
  • Managing equipment and materials.
• Writing
  • Writing things for co-workers or customers.
• Reading Comprehension
  • Reading work-related information.
• Active Listening
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
• Social Perceptiveness
  • Understanding people's reactions.
• Operations Analysis
  • Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
• Equipment Maintenance
  • Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
• Equipment Selection
  • Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
• Instructing
  • Teaching people how to do something.
• Installation
  • Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
• Service Orientation
  • Looking for ways to help people.
• Operations Monitoring
  • Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
• Active Learning
  • Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
• Programming
  • Writing computer programs.
• Troubleshooting
  • Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
• Systems Analysis
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
• Systems Evaluation
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
• Mathematics
  • Using math to solve problems.
• Science
  • Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
• Critical Thinking
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
• Repairing
  • Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.
• Negotiation
  • Bringing people together to solve differences.
• Monitoring
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
• Coordination
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
• Management of Personnel Resources
  • Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
• Learning Strategies
  • Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Abilities

• Hearing Sensitivity
  • Telling the difference between sounds.
• Auditory Attention
  • Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
• Reaction Time
  • Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.
• Rate Control
  • Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
• Night Vision
  • Seeing at night or under low light.
• Extent Flexibility
  • Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Near Vision
  • Seeing details up close.
• Fluency of Ideas
  • Coming up with lots of ideas.
• Mathematical Reasoning
  • Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
• Inductive Reasoning
  • Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
• Perceptual Speed
  • Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
• Multilimb Coordination
  • Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
• Dynamic Strength
  • Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
• Control Precision
  • Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
• Static Strength
  • Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
• Information Ordering
  • Ordering or arranging things.
• Originality
  • Creating new and original ideas.
• Memorization
  • Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
• Speech Recognition
  • Recognizing spoken words.
• Speech Clarity
  • Speaking clearly.
• Sound Localization
  • Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
• Response Orientation
  • Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
• Dynamic Flexibility
  • Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Gross Body Equilibrium
  • Keeping your balance or staying upright.
• Stamina
  • Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
• Time Sharing
  • Doing two or more things at the same time.
• Selective Attention
  • Paying attention to something without being distracted.
• Number Facility
  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
• Written Expression
  • Communicating by writing.
• Category Flexibility
  • Grouping things in different ways.
• Finger Dexterity
  • Putting together small parts with your fingers.
• Manual Dexterity
  • Holding or moving items with your hands.
• Deductive Reasoning
  • Using rules to solve problems.
• Flexibility of Closure
  • Seeing hidden patterns.
• Peripheral Vision
  • Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
• Gross Body Coordination
  • Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
• Speed of Limb Movement
  • Quickly moving your arms and legs.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Keeping your arm or hand steady.
• Written Comprehension
  • Reading and understanding what is written.
• Spatial Orientation
  • Knowing where things are around you.
• Visualization
  • Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
• Oral Expression
  • Communicating by speaking.
• Problem Sensitivity
  • Noticing when problems happen.
• Speed of Closure
  • Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
• Oral Comprehension
  • Listening and understanding what people say.
• Glare Sensitivity
  • Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
• Depth Perception
  • Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
• Trunk Strength
  • Using your lower back and stomach.
• Visual Color Discrimination
  • Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
• Wrist-Finger Speed
  • Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Explosive Strength
  • Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
• Far Vision
  • Seeing details that are far away.

Knowledge

• Education and Training
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• History and Archeology
  • Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
• Therapy and Counseling
  • Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
• Law and Government
  • Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• Computers and Electronics
  • Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Customer and Personal Service
  • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Medicine and Dentistry
  • Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• Production and Processing
  • Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Physics
  • Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
• Telecommunications
  • Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
• Communications and Media
  • Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
• Design
  • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Sociology and Anthropology
  • Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
• Biology
  • Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
• Sales and Marketing
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
• Building and Construction
  • Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
• Geography
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
• Engineering and Technology
  • Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Psychology
  • Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Economics and Accounting
  • Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
• Administration and Management
  • Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Administrative
  • Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
• Foreign Language
  • Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
• Transportation
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
• Philosophy and Theology
  • Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
• Mechanical
  • Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Public Safety and Security
  • Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Food Production
  • Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
• Chemistry
  • Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
• English Language
  • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
• Fine Arts
  • Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
• Personnel and Human Resources
  • Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Mathematics
  • Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Education

Education

Bachelor's degree

Work Experience

No work experience

Training

No on-the-job training

Education and Training Opportunities

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• Central Washington University
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  Program Name
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  Length
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  Award Level
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• Eastern Washington University
  526 5th Street, Cheney WA 99004-2496
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  Public, 4-year or above

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  School Size

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  Other Degrees Offered

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  Program Name
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  E 502 Boone Ave, Spokane WA 99258-0001
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  5,000 - 9,999

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  Website

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  Program Name
  Broadcast Journalism
  Length
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  Other Degrees Offered

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• Northwest University
  5520 108th Ave NE, Kirkland WA 98083-0579
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  Other Degrees Offered

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• Saint Martin's University
  5000 Abbey Way SE, Lacey WA 98503-7500
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  School Size

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• Seattle Pacific University
  3307 3rd Ave W, Seattle WA 98119-1997
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  Program Name
  Journalism
  Length
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  Bachelor's degree
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• Seattle University
  900 Broadway, Seattle WA 98122-4340
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  5,000 - 9,999

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  Program Name
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• Spokane Falls Community College
  3410 W Whistalks Way, Spokane WA 99224-5288
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  Program Name
  Photojournalism
  Length
  2 years
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• University of Washington-Bothell Campus
  18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell WA 98011-8246
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  Program Name
  Mass Communication/Media Studies
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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• University of Washington-Seattle Campus
  1400 NE Campus Parkway, Seattle WA 98195-4550
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  Website

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  Program Name
  Political Communication
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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  Program Name
  Journalism
  Length
  4 years
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  Bachelor's degree
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  Radio and Television
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  4 years
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  Bachelor's degree
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• University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
  1900 Commerce St, Tacoma WA 98402-3100
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  School Size

  1,000 - 4,999

  Financial Aid 253-692-4400
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  Undergraduate degree or certificate offering,Graduate degree or certificate offering
  Website

  https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/
  Program Name
  Mass Communication/Media Studies
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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• Walla Walla University
  204 S College Ave, College Place WA 99324-1198
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  Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above

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  School Size

  1,000 - 4,999

  Financial Aid 509-527-2615
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  Undergraduate degree or certificate offering,Graduate degree or certificate offering
  Website

  https://www.wallawalla.edu/
  Program Name
  International and Intercultural Communication
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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  Program Name
  Mass Communication/Media Studies
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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  Program Name
  Communication, General
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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• Washington State University
  French Administration Building, Pullman WA 99164-5910
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  Public, 4-year or above

  Admissions
  School Size

  20,000 and above

  Financial Aid 509-335-3564
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  Undergraduate degree or certificate offering,Graduate degree or certificate offering
  Website

  https://wsu.edu/
  Program Name
  Mass Communication/Media Studies
  Length
  Less than one year
  Award Level
  Postbaccalaureate certificate, Master's degree, Bachelor's degree
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  Program Name
  Journalism
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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  Program Name
  Broadcast Journalism
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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• Western Washington University
  516 High Street, Bellingham WA 98225-9008
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  Public, 4-year or above

  Admissions
  School Size

  10,000 - 19,999

  Financial Aid 360-650-3000
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  Website

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  Program Name
  Journalism
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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  Program Name
  Journalism, Other
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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• Whitworth University
  300 W Hawthorne Rd, Spokane WA 99251
  School Type

  Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above

  Admissions
  School Size

  1,000 - 4,999

  Financial Aid 509-777-1000
  Other Degrees Offered

  Undergraduate degree or certificate offering,Graduate degree or certificate offering
  Website

  http://www.whitworth.edu/
  Program Name
  Journalism
  Length
  4 years
  Award Level
  Bachelor's degree
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Pay

Washington Annual Salary

57040/yr

Washington Hourly Wage

27.42/hr

Washington Employment Trends

Currently Employed

940

Yearly Projected Openings

80

Personality

Artistic: People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules. They do well at jobs that need:

• Initiative
• Adaptability
• Innovation
• Social Orientation
• Achievement Orientation
• Intellectual Curiosity

Tools

• Audio vidio console
• Desktop computers
• Digital audio workstation DAW
• Digital camcorders or video cameras
• Digital cameras
• Digital voice recorders
• Flash memory storage card
• Headphones
• Laser fax machine
• Microphones
• Mobile phones
• Notebook computers
• Personal computers
• Satellite core equipment
• Special purpose telephones
• Video editors

Technology

• Analytical or scientific software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Desktop publishing software
• Electronic mail software
• Facilities management software
• Geographic information system
• Graphics or photo imaging software
• Information retrieval or search software
• Instant messaging software
• Internet browser software
• Map creation software
• Music or sound editing software
• Object oriented data base management software
• Office suite software
• Presentation software
• Project management software
• Spreadsheet software
• Video creation and editing software
• Web page creation and editing software
• Web platform development software
• Word processing software