Crime journalist to blogger
A crime journalist already meets 66% of what the blogger role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
39/ 100
1 How much of what a blogger is expected to do is already part of a crime journalist’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the blogger role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A blogger role treats 11 of its required skills as things a crime journalist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT software specifications
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- create online news content
- develop professional network
- evaluate writings in response to feedback
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A blogger role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a crime journalist background worth leading with.
- already held stay up to date with social media information skills
- already held manage personal finances management skills
- already held evaluate writings in response to feedback communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage writing administration information skills
- already held create online news content communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held build contacts to maintain news flow communication, collaboration and creativity
All 30 carried skills, including the 11 the blogger role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn manage online content required
- still to learn develop digital content required
- still to learn manage website required
- optional, not held perform online data analysis optional
- still to learn online moderation techniques required
- still to learn social media management required
- optional, not held social media marketing techniques optional
- still to learn ethics of sharing work through social media required
- still to learn follow up online user requests required
- optional, not held develop online community plan optional
- optional, not held report live online optional
- optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
- optional, not held research website users optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a blogger role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ethics of sharing work through social media study this
- 02 manage online content practise this
- 03 online moderation techniques study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 30 skills that carry over
- already held ICT software specifications knowledge
- already held consult information sources skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held create online news content skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held evaluate writings in response to feedback skill
- already held follow the news skill
- already held stay up to date with social media skill
- already held study topics skill
- already held use specific writing techniques skill
- already held writing techniques knowledge
- already held apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- already held audio editing software knowledge
- already held build contacts to maintain news flow skill
- already held check correctness of information skill
- already held desktop publishing knowledge
- already held document interviews skill
- already held edit digital moving images skill
- already held edit photographs skill
- already held edit recorded sound skill
- already held grammar knowledge
- already held interview people skill
- already held interview techniques knowledge
- already held manage personal finances skill
- already held manage writing administration skill
- already held perform image editing skill
- already held perform video editing skill
- already held spelling knowledge
- already held write to a deadline skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop online community plan optional
- optional, not held report live online optional
- optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
- optional, not held perform online data analysis optional
- optional, not held research website users optional
- optional, not held social media marketing techniques optional
23 held skills the blogger role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
- not needed by the target role ask questions at events skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role court procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
- not needed by the target role edit negatives skill
- not needed by the target role editorial standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow directions of on-site director skill
- not needed by the target role follow ethical code of conduct of journalists skill
- not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
- not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role participate in editorial meetings skill
- not needed by the target role present during live broadcasts skill
- not needed by the target role press law knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote one's writings skill
- not needed by the target role pronunciation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role proofread text skill
- not needed by the target role provide written content skill
- not needed by the target role record court procedures skill
- not needed by the target role rewrite articles skill
- not needed by the target role show diplomacy skill
- not needed by the target role write captions skill
- not needed by the target role write headlines skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn ethics of sharing work through social media required
- still to learn online moderation techniques required
- still to learn social media management required
- optional, not held social media marketing techniques optional
Common questions about this move
Can a crime journalist become a blogger?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A crime journalist already covers 66% of what a blogger is expected to do: 30 skills carry over, 11 of which the blogger role treats as required.
What skills does a crime journalist need to become a blogger?
7 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is ethics of sharing work through social media.
How hard is the move from crime journalist to blogger?
Its learning distance is 39 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.