Where a photojournalist can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a photojournalist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Photojournalists cover all kinds of news events by taken informative images. They tell stories by taking, editing and presenting images for newspapers, journals, magazines, television and other media.
Also known as photo reporter, image journalist, multi media image journalist, news photographer, photo correspondent, investigative photographer, photo-journalist, visual journalist, newspaper photographer, photo journalist, photographic journalist.
Technicians and associate professionals 51 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: entertainment journalist, 77%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A photojournalist needs 26 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- select photographic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- set up photographic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- select camera apertures working with machinery and specialised equipment
- 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
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a photojournalist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- entertainment journalist 78% covered · difficulty 31.1
- sports journalist 78% covered · difficulty 31.1
- business journalist 77% covered · difficulty 32.4
- political journalist 74% covered · difficulty 35.8
- crime journalist 73% covered · difficulty 36.8
- editor-in-chief 68% covered · difficulty 43.3
- newspaper editor 65% covered · difficulty 46
- magazine editor 57% covered · difficulty 53.7
- broadcast news editor 52% covered · difficulty 57.8
- picture editor 50% covered · difficulty 58.6
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Photojournalist is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a photojournalist’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.