Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an entertainment journalist can go next

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

Entertainment journalists research and write articles about cultural and social events for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews with artists and celebrities and attend events.

Also known as film journalist, entertainment correspondent, arts journalist, film and entertainment journalist, event reporter, film & entertainment journalist, live event journalist, entertainment reporter, theatre reporter, live reporter, red carpet reporter, music journalist.

Professionals 59 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: critic, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
critic 78% covered photojournalist 78% covered newspaper editor 72% covered magazine editor 69% covered editor-in-chief 66% covered entertainment journalist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from entertainment 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 an entertainment 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

An entertainment journalist needs 21 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
  • digital journalism social sciences, journalism and information
  • 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 an entertainment journalist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Entertainment 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 an entertainment 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.