columnist
ISCO: 2642. Skills: 45. Essential: 20.
Essential skills
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- develop professional network
- digital journalism
- editorial standards
- evaluate writings in response to feedback
- follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
- follow the news
- grammar
- participate in editorial meetings
- present arguments persuasively
- rhetoric
- spelling
- stay up to date with social media
- study topics
- use specific writing techniques
- write to a deadline
- writing techniques
Supporting skills
- adapt to type of media
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- check correctness of information
- create online news content
- desktop publishing
- document interviews
- economics
- ensure consistency of published articles
- follow newspaper house style
- ICT software specifications
- interview people
- interview techniques
- manage personal finances
- manage writing administration
- multimedia systems
- political parties
- political science
- press law
- promote one's writings
- proofread text
- provide written content
- rewrite articles
- stock market
- write captions
- write headlines