Journalism Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Media, Digital & Creative

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Journalism Skills List in Media, Digital & Creative

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Journalism role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Journalism job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 43% of Journalism job descriptions contained editorial as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

editorial
43%
copywriting
36%
journalism
36%
editorial process
22%
media
22%
marketing
22%
financial services
15%
press releases
15%
online content
15%
digital media
15%
content management
8%
copy
8%
editing
8%
writing
8%
news
8%
content development
8%
content marketing
8%
online news
8%
proofreading
8%
online senior editor
8%
subscriptions
8%
seo
8%
social media
8%
audience
8%
content
8%
engagement
8%
marketing campaigns
8%
html
8%
contents
8%
digital agency
8%
online journalism
8%
wordpress
8%
marketing agency
8%
current affairs
8%
seo copywriting
8%
content editor
8%
newspaper
8%
content writer
8%
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