journalisttofact checker
A journalist already meets 58% of what the fact checker role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
58%
37.9/ 100
1 Share of the fact checker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the journalist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A fact checker role treats 5 of its required skills as things a journalist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate by telephone
- consult information sources
- develop professional network
- proofread text
- review unpublished articles
What stands in the way is 5 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fact checker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a journalist background worth leading with.
- already held review unpublished articles information skills
- already held media and information literacy social sciences, journalism and information
- already held rewrite manuscripts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held press law business, administration and law
- already held writing techniques arts and humanities
- already held interview techniques social sciences, journalism and information
All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the fact checker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 6 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held perform background research on writing subject required
- required, not held read manuscripts required
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
- required, not held search engines required
- required, not held search databases required
- optional, not held consult with editor optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fact checker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 perform background research on writing subject skill · sector specific
- 02 read manuscripts skill · sector specific
- 03 search engines knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held communicate by telephone skill
- already held consult information sources skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held proofread text skill
- already held review unpublished articles skill
- already held interview people skill
- already held interview techniques knowledge
- already held media and information literacy knowledge
- already held press law knowledge
- already held rewrite manuscripts skill
- already held use word processing software skill
- already held writing techniques knowledge
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held consult with editor optional
107 held skills the fact checker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
- not needed by the target role analyse trends in the food and beverage industries skill
- not needed by the target role apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- not needed by the target role art history knowledge
- not needed by the target role ask questions at events skill
- not needed by the target role attend book fairs skill
- not needed by the target role attend performances skill
- not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
- not needed by the target role audio editing software knowledge
- not needed by the target role build contacts to maintain news flow skill
- not needed by the target role check correctness of information skill
- not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
- not needed by the target role court procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role create online news content skill
- not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
- not needed by the target role critically reflect on artistic production processes skill
- not needed by the target role cultural projects knowledge
- not needed by the target role desktop publishing knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop film skill
- not needed by the target role digital journalism knowledge
- not needed by the target role direct photographic workers skill
- not needed by the target role do historical research skill
- not needed by the target role document interviews skill
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
- not needed by the target role edit negatives skill
- not needed by the target role edit photographs skill
- not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
- not needed by the target role editorial standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role election law knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure consistency of published articles skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate writings in response to feedback skill
- not needed by the target role film studies knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial jurisdiction knowledge
67 further entries not listed here
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held search engines required
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
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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.