foreign correspondent
ISCO: 2642. Skills: 48. Essential: 25.
Essential skills
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- develop professional network
- editorial standards
- evaluate writings in response to feedback
- follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
- follow the news
- grammar
- interview people
- interview techniques
- observe new developments in foreign countries
- participate in editorial meetings
- provide context to news stories
- rhetoric
- show intercultural awareness
- speak different languages
- spelling
- stay up to date with social media
- study cultures
- study topics
- use specific writing techniques
- write to a deadline
- writing techniques
Supporting skills
- adapt to changing situations
- adapt to type of media
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- check correctness of information
- communicate by telephone
- create online news content
- desktop publishing
- do historical research
- document interviews
- follow directions of on-site director
- ICT software specifications
- manage personal finances
- manage writing administration
- multimedia systems
- present during live broadcasts
- press law
- promote one's writings
- pronunciation techniques
- proofread text
- provide written content
- rewrite articles
- write captions
- write headlines