newspaper editor
ISCO: 2642. Skills: 43. Essential: 20.
Essential skills
- adapt to changing situations
- adapt to type of media
- apply organisational techniques
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- check stories
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- create editorial board
- develop professional network
- editorial standards
- ensure consistency of published articles
- follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
- follow newspaper house style
- follow the news
- meet deadlines
- participate in editorial meetings
- press law
- respect cultural preferences
- use specific writing techniques
- writing techniques
Supporting skills
- accounting techniques
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- ask questions at events
- check correctness of information
- create online news content
- desktop publishing
- digital journalism
- edit negatives
- edit photographs
- grammar
- graphic design
- interview people
- interview techniques
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- perform image editing
- proofread text
- spelling
- use word processing software
- write captions
- write headlines
- write to a deadline