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

  • Information Writer

  • 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.
  • Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.
  • Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts.
  • Communicate with readers, viewers, advertisers, or the general public via mail, email, or telephone.
  • Determine a published or broadcasted story's emphasis, length, and format, organizing material accordingly.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information.
  • Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.
  • Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.
  • Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.
  • 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.

  • Inform viewers, listeners, or audiences.
  • Analyze information obtained from news sources.
  • Gather information for news stories.
  • Report news to the public.
  • Write informational material.