Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a political journalist can go next

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

Political journalists research and write articles about politics and politicians for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews and attend events.

Also known as political analyst, political reporter, journalist specialising in global politics, journalist specialising in international politics, journalist specialising in US politics, politics reporter, political correspondent, political commentator, journalist specialising in EU politics.

Professionals 57 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 74% covered magazine editor 69% covered newspaper editor 68% covered blogger 66% covered political journalist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from political 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 political 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 political 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
  • political parties 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
  • political science social sciences, journalism and information
  • editorial standards social sciences, journalism and information
  • use specific writing techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • write to a deadline management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Political 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 political 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.