How do they match: News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

  • News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

  • News Analyst
  • News Anchor
  • News Commentator
  • News Correspondent
  • News Director
  • News Reporter
  • News Writer
  • Newscaster
  • Newspaper Columnist
  • Newspaper Correspondent
  • Newspaper Journalist
  • Newspaper Reporter
  • Newspaper Writer
  • Editorial Writer
  • Breaking News Reporter
  • Broadcast News Advisor
  • General Assignment Television News Reporter
  • Market News Reporter
  • Morning News Anchor
  • Radio News Anchor
  • Radio News Writer
  • TV News Anchor
  • Television News Anchor
  • Television News Reporter

  • Narrate or write news stories, reviews, or commentary for print, broadcast, or other communications media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, or television. May collect and analyze information through interview, investigation, or observation.

  • Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information.
  • Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts.
  • Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.
  • Develop ideas or material for columns or commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues, or personal experiences.
  • Discuss issues with editors to establish priorities or positions.
  • Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.
  • Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.
  • Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories.
  • Photograph or videotape news events.
  • Present news stories, and introduce in-depth videotaped segments or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters.
  • Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.
  • Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education.
  • 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.
  • Revise work to meet editorial approval or to fit time or space requirements.
  • Transmit news stories or reporting information from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones, telephones, fax machines, or modems.
  • Write columns, editorials, commentaries, or reviews that interpret events or offer opinions.
  • Write online blog entries that address news developments or offer additional information, opinions, or commentary on news events.

  • Edit written materials.
  • Analyze information obtained from news sources.
  • Coordinate reporting or editing activities.
  • Gather information for news stories.
  • Interview others for news or entertainment purposes.
  • Report news to the public.