Reporters and Correspondents

Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. Report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, radio, or television.

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

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Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

First Interest High-Point

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

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Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

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News Analysts, Reporters and Correspondents

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Media and Communication Workers

Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.

Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.

Gather information about events through research, interviews, experience, or attendance at political, news, sports, artistic, social, or other functions.

Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories.

Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas.

Discuss issues with editors to establish priorities or positions.

Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts.

Revise work to meet editorial approval or to fit time or space requirements.

Develop ideas or material for columns or commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues, or personal experiences.

Transmit news stories or reporting information from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones, telephones, fax machines, or modems.

Present live or recorded commentary via broadcast media.

Conduct taped or filmed interviews or narratives.

Edit or assist in editing videos for broadcast.

Write columns, editorials, commentaries, or reviews that interpret events or offer opinions.

Write reviews of literary, musical, or other artwork, based on knowledge, judgment, or experience.

Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.

Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information.

Review and evaluate notes taken about news events to isolate pertinent facts and details.

Review written, audio, or video copy and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines.

Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education.

Determine a published or broadcasted story's emphasis, length, and format and organize material accordingly.

Take pictures or video and process them for inclusion in a story.

Communicate with readers, viewers, advertisers, or the general public via mail, email, or telephone.

Write online blog entries that address news developments or offer additional information, opinions, or commentary on news events.

Assign stories to other reporters or duties to production staff.

Participate in community events, make public appearances, or conduct community service.

Compact digital cameras

Desktop computers

Digital audio workstations

High definition HD video cameras

Laptop computers

Laser facsimile machines

Microphones

Mobile broadcast units

Multi-line telephone systems

Personal computers

Satellite phones

Television cameras

Video editing equipment

Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects

Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign

Apple Final Cut Pro

ESRI ArcView

Facebook

FileMaker Pro

Hypertext markup language HTML

IBM SPSS Statistics

LexisNexis

Mapping software

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft Visual FoxPro

Microsoft Word

Online databases

Quark Xpress

Social media software

Statistical analysis software

Twitter

Video editing software

Web browser software

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Political Blogger

<p>After a Zorbing adventure, the team is at the halfway point of their roadtrip. In Rotorua, they meet with Doug Tamaki, local personality John "Bertie" Cocking, and political blogger David Farrar. After a ferry ride to the South Island, the team meets with mountaineer Mark Inglis. They head to Christchurch where they talk with Robin Judkins, an artist, author, and creator of adventure racing events.</p>

Rotorua - Christchurch

[New Zealand accent] I used to like, at 18, I had my entire life worked out. When I was gonna marry, what my first-born children would be, my degree, how many years I'd be a doctor before settin' up my own... and [indiscernible] here I've just found to have some idea of where you're going. But tomorrow may never come. Yeah, we're only here for what, 90 years or something. Um, and enjoying what you do I think is so important. 

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