Photojournalist to entertainment journalist
A photojournalist already meets 77% of what the entertainment journalist role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
30.4/ 100
1 How much of what an entertainment journalist is expected to do is already part of a photojournalist’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 entertainment journalist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An entertainment journalist role treats 20 of its required skills as things a photojournalist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- develop professional network
- digital journalism
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 38 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An entertainment journalist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a photojournalist background worth leading with.
- already held follow directions of on-site director communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held follow newspaper house style assisting and caring
- already held digital journalism social sciences, journalism and information
- already held write captions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held stay up to date with social media information skills
- already held manage personal finances management skills
All 38 carried skills, including the 20 the entertainment journalist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 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 rhetoric required
- optional, not held cultural projects optional
- optional, not held ask questions at events optional
- optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
- optional, not held present during live broadcasts optional
- optional, not held promote one's writings optional
- optional, not held rewrite articles optional
- optional, not held attend book fairs optional
- optional, not held attend performances optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held liaise with celebrities optional
- optional, not held proofread text optional
- optional, not held provide written content optional
- optional, not held read books optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- optional, not held multimedia systems optional
- optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
- optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
- optional, not held desktop publishing optional
- optional, not held document interviews optional
- optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries an entertainment journalist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 38 skills that carry over
- already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- already held build contacts to maintain news flow skill
- already held consult information sources skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held digital journalism knowledge
- already held editorial standards knowledge
- already held evaluate writings in response to feedback skill
- already held follow ethical code of conduct of journalists skill
- already held follow the news skill
- already held grammar knowledge
- already held interview people skill
- already held interview techniques knowledge
- already held participate in editorial meetings skill
- already held spelling knowledge
- already held stay up to date with social media skill
- already held study topics skill
- already held use specific writing techniques skill
- already held write to a deadline skill
- already held writing techniques knowledge
- already held adapt to changing situations skill
- already held adapt to type of media skill
- already held audio editing software knowledge
- already held check correctness of information skill
- already held create online news content skill
- already held edit digital moving images skill
- already held edit negatives skill
- already held edit photographs skill
- already held edit recorded sound skill
- already held follow directions of on-site director skill
- already held follow newspaper house style skill
- 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 press law knowledge
- already held write captions skill
- already held write headlines skill
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
- optional, not held ask questions at events optional
- optional, not held cultural projects optional
- optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
- optional, not held present during live broadcasts optional
- optional, not held promote one's writings optional
- optional, not held rewrite articles optional
- optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
- optional, not held attend book fairs optional
- optional, not held attend performances optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held desktop publishing optional
- optional, not held document interviews optional
- optional, not held liaise with celebrities optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- optional, not held multimedia systems optional
- optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
- optional, not held proofread text optional
- optional, not held provide written content optional
- optional, not held read books optional
13 held skills the entertainment journalist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role develop film skill
- not needed by the target role direct photographic workers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain an artistic portfolio skill
- not needed by the target role maintain photographic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role photography knowledge
- not needed by the target role record multi-track sound skill
- not needed by the target role select camera apertures skill
- not needed by the target role select photographic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role set up photographic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role test photographic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use photographic equipment skill
7 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 rhetoric required
- optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
- optional, not held cultural projects optional
- optional, not held desktop publishing optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- optional, not held multimedia systems optional
- optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
Common questions about this move
Can a photojournalist become an entertainment journalist?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A photojournalist already covers 77% of what an entertainment journalist is expected to do: 38 skills carry over, 20 of which the entertainment journalist role treats as required.
What skills does a photojournalist need to become an entertainment journalist?
1 required skills are missing, plus 20 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by social sciences, journalism and information. The single most important is rhetoric.
How hard is the move from photojournalist to entertainment journalist?
Its learning distance is 30.4 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.