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Where a crime journalist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a crime journalist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Crime journalists research and write articles about criminal events for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews and attend court hearings.

Also known as investigative journalist, crime writer, crime & critical events journalist, crime reporter, crime and critical events journalist, forensic journalist, senior crime journalist, crime and defence correspondent, crime correspondent, crime & defence correspondent.

Professionals 53 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: foreign correspondent, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
foreign correspondent 80% covered photojournalist 73% covered critic 72% covered magazine editor 68% covered blogger 66% covered crime journalist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from crime journalist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a crime journalist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A crime journalist needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • record court procedures information skills
  • stay up to date with social media information skills
  • evaluate writings in response to feedback communication, collaboration and creativity
  • build contacts to maintain news flow communication, collaboration and creativity
  • follow ethical code of conduct of journalists assisting and caring
  • participate in editorial meetings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • editorial standards social sciences, journalism and information
  • use specific writing techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • write to a deadline management skills
  • study topics information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a crime journalist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Crime journalist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a crime journalist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.