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A picture editor already meets 61% of what the newspaper editor role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
61%
44.8/ 100
1 Share of the newspaper editor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the picture editor 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 newspaper editor role treats 14 of its required skills as things a picture editor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to type of media
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- check stories
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- create editorial board
What stands in the way is 6 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A newspaper editor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a picture editor background worth leading with.
- already held create editorial board communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held check stories information skills
- already held follow newspaper house style assisting and caring
- already held build contacts to maintain news flow communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held follow ethical code of conduct of journalists assisting and caring
- already held create online news content communication, collaboration and creativity
All 23 carried skills, including the 14 the newspaper editor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 6 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 ensure consistency of published articles required
- required, not held use specific writing techniques required
- required, not held adapt to changing situations required
- optional, not held ask questions at events optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held write captions optional
- optional, not held write headlines optional
- optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
- optional, not held proofread text optional
- required, not held writing techniques required
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
- required, not held apply organisational techniques required
- optional, not held write to a deadline optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- required, not held respect cultural preferences required
- optional, not held check correctness of information optional
- optional, not held digital journalism optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a newspaper editor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure consistency of published articles skill · sector specific
- 02 respect cultural preferences skill · sector specific
- 03 use specific writing techniques skill · 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 23 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to type of media skill
- already held build contacts to maintain news flow skill
- already held check stories skill
- already held consult information sources skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held create editorial board skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held editorial standards knowledge
- already held follow ethical code of conduct of journalists skill
- already held follow newspaper house style skill
- already held follow the news skill
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held participate in editorial meetings skill
- already held press law knowledge
- already held apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- already held create online news content skill
- already held desktop publishing knowledge
- already held edit negatives skill
- already held edit photographs skill
- already held graphic design knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held perform image editing skill
- already held use word processing software skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ask questions at events optional
- optional, not held check correctness of information optional
- optional, not held digital journalism optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held write captions optional
- optional, not held write headlines optional
- optional, not held write to a deadline optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held proofread text optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
25 held skills the newspaper editor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
- not needed by the target role colour grade images with digital intermediate skill
- not needed by the target role consult with editor skill
- not needed by the target role create rough cut skill
- not needed by the target role determine image composition skill
- not needed by the target role digital content creation skill
- not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
- not needed by the target role maintain photographic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role motion graphics knowledge
- not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate exploitation rights skill
- not needed by the target role perform backups skill
- not needed by the target role perform video editing skill
- not needed by the target role photography knowledge
- not needed by the target role post-processing of photographs knowledge
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role search for a suitable filming location 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 select photos skill
- not needed by the target role set up photographic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role supervise work skill
- not needed by the target role use photographic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use presentation software skill
6 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 writing techniques required
- optional, not held digital journalism optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
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.