Journalist to vlogger
A journalist already meets 63% of what the vlogger role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
43.1/ 100
1 How much of what a vlogger is expected to do is already part of a 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 vlogger role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A vlogger role treats 13 of its required skills as things a journalist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT software specifications
- audio editing software
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- create online news content
- develop professional network
What stands in the way is 8 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vlogger 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 stay up to date with social media information skills
- already held manage personal finances management skills
- already held create online news content communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held build contacts to maintain news flow communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use specific writing techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held check correctness of information information skills
All 26 carried skills, including the 13 the vlogger role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 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
- optional, not held use presentation software 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 operate a camera required
- still to learn set up cameras 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 vlogger role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage online content practise this
- 02 online moderation techniques study this
- 03 operate a camera practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 26 skills that carry over
- already held ICT software specifications knowledge
- already held audio editing software 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 edit digital moving images skill
- already held edit recorded sound skill
- already held follow the news skill
- already held perform image editing skill
- already held perform video editing skill
- already held stay up to date with social media skill
- already held study topics skill
- already held apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- 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 photographs skill
- already held interview people skill
- already held interview techniques knowledge
- already held manage personal finances skill
- already held use specific writing techniques skill
- already held use word processing software skill
- already held writing techniques knowledge
7 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
- optional, not held use presentation software optional
93 held skills the vlogger role does not ask for
- 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 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 communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
- not needed by the target role court procedures knowledge
- 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 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 economics 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 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
- 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 follow newspaper house style skill
- not needed by the target role food hygiene rules knowledge
- not needed by the target role food materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role food science knowledge
- not needed by the target role grammar knowledge
- not needed by the target role history of dance style knowledge
- not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with celebrities skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with cultural partners skill
- not needed by the target role literature knowledge
53 further entries not listed here
3 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 online moderation techniques required
- still to learn social media management required
- optional, not held social media marketing techniques optional
Other moves recorded from journalist
- newspaper editor 81% covered · adjacent
- magazine editor 80% covered · adjacent
- editor-in-chief 74% covered · moderate
- blogger 66% covered · moderate
- broadcast news editor 64% covered · moderate
- picture editor 64% covered · moderate
- news anchor 62% covered · moderate
- fact checker 58% covered · moderate
Common questions about this move
Can a journalist become a vlogger?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A journalist already covers 63% of what a vlogger is expected to do: 26 skills carry over, 13 of which the vlogger role treats as required.
What skills does a journalist need to become a vlogger?
8 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is manage online content.
How hard is the move from journalist to vlogger?
Its learning distance is 43.1 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.