Journalist Jobs
What does a Journalist do?
A journalist researches and verifies information, conducts interviews with sources, and produces accurate, timely news stories for print, digital, broadcast, or wire publication. Day-to-day work involves monitoring beats (such as chemicals policy, equity markets, defence, or celebrity news), cultivating source relationships, filing copy to deadline, and, depending on the role, gathering data, shooting footage, or presenting on air. Specialist reporters combine deep subject-matter knowledge with storytelling craft; data reporters additionally build and analyse datasets to surface stories that traditional reporting would miss.
Key responsibilities
- Research, verify, and write original news stories to deadline
- Develop and maintain a network of on-beat sources and contacts
- Conduct interviews with subjects, experts, and officials
- Monitor industry developments, data releases, and public records for story leads
- Collaborate with editors, producers, and visual teams on story presentation
- Analyse datasets or market data to identify and support data-driven stories
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How to become a Journalist
Education & background
Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or a related field; portfolio of published work often weighted equally or above formal qualifications
Career path
Reporter → Senior Reporter → Editor or Bureau Chief; or specialisation into investigative journalism, data journalism, or broadcast anchoring
Salary
12% of Journalist postings are remote. Remote Journalist jobs →
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Journalist jobs: common questions
What do you do in a journalism job?
A journalist researches and verifies information, conducts interviews with sources, and produces accurate, timely news stories for print, digital, broadcast, or wire publication. Day-to-day work involves monitoring beats (such as chemicals policy, equity markets, defence, or celebrity news), cultivating source relationships, filing copy to deadline, and, depending on the role, gathering data, shooting footage, or presenting on air. Specialist reporters combine deep subject-matter knowledge with storytelling craft; data reporters additionally build and analyse datasets to surface stories that traditional reporting would miss.
Do journalists make good money?
Across 70 Journalist postings on our board that disclose pay, the median is $118K USD per year, with the middle half between $79K and $136K.
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