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, 34% of Journalist job descriptions contained journalism as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

journalism
34%
online content
29%
media
24%
social media
20%
research
20%
reporting
15%
editorial
15%
infrastructure
15%
intellectual property
15%
content strategy
10%
digital channels
10%
man management
10%
online news
10%
b2b
10%
media relations
10%
press
10%
digital media
10%
marketing
10%
project management
10%
project work
10%
senior management
10%
web content
10%
writing skills
10%
pr
10%
current affairs
10%
media trends
10%
video editing
10%
video production
10%
news
10%
copywriting
10%
content management
5%
public relations executive
5%
business intelligence
5%
campaigns
5%
seo
5%
print
5%
seo copywriting
5%
content writing
5%
economics
5%
financial services
5%
case studies
5%
engaging content
5%
pr executive
5%
igaming
5%
intelligence
5%
sports
5%
sports betting
5%
writing
5%
technology
5%
account executive
5%
pr account executive
5%
pr assistant
5%
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