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

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Journalist Skills List in Media, Digital & Creative

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Journalist role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Journalist job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Journalist job descriptions contained journalism as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

journalism
50%
social media
28%
media
28%
online content
28%
research
23%
reporting
23%
intellectual property
23%
infrastructure
23%
editorial
17%
digital media
17%
video production
12%
writing
12%
publishing
12%
digital channels
12%
video editing
12%
media trends
12%
writing skills
12%
man management
12%
online news
12%
media relations
12%
press
12%
project work
12%
senior management
12%
project management
12%
web content
12%
current affairs
12%
cx
6%
technology
6%
customer experience
6%
communications
6%
website
6%
press releases
6%
online journalism
6%
articles
6%
career development
6%
b2b
6%
magazines
6%
digital magazines
6%
content strategy
6%
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