Where a sports journalist can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sports journalist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Sports journalists research and write articles about sport events and athletes for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews and attend events.
Also known as sports journalist & commentator, sport journalist, sports journalist and commentator, digital sports journalist, sports correspondent, sports reporter, radio sports journalist, on-line sports journalist, sports commentator, sports broadcast journalist.
Professionals 56 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: foreign correspondent, 81%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A sports journalist needs 23 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- sporting events services
- sport games rules services
- sports competition information social sciences, journalism and information
- 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 sports journalist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- foreign correspondent 77% covered · difficulty 31.5
- columnist 76% covered · difficulty 32.3
- photojournalist 76% covered · difficulty 31.7
- editor-in-chief 64% covered · difficulty 45.6
- newspaper editor 64% covered · difficulty 45.5
- blogger 61% covered · difficulty 49.1
- vlogger 48% covered · difficulty 60.5
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Sports journalist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 sports 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.