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Reporters and Correspondents

Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. Report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, radio, or television.

 
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Overview

$33,470.00 Median Annual Wage 2,000 Average Job Openings Per Year
3.5 Average Unemployment Percentage 1.3 Percentage That Completed High School
59,000 Employment Numbers in 2006 13.6 Percentage That Had Some College
60,000 Employment Numbers in 2016 (est.) 85.1 Percentage That Went Beyond College Degree

Sample Job Titles

Anchor Art Critic Book Critic
Book Reviewer Broadcast Journalist Bureau Chief
Bureau Reporter Business Reporter Business Writer
Columnist Consumer Reporter Copy Editor
Correspondent Court Reporter Courtroom Reporter
Critic Cub Reporter Desk Reporter
Dramatic Critic Editor Editorial Writer
Education Reporter Feature Reporter Feature Writer
Film Critic Financial Writer Food Critic
Foreign Correspondent General Assignment Reporter General Assignment Television News Reporter
Headline Writer Health and Medical Reporter Investigative Reporter
Journalist Law Reporter Leg Man
Magazine Journalist Magazine Writer Managing Editor
Marine Reporter Market News Reporter Market Reporter
Media Analyst Meteorologist Motion Picture Critic
Movie Critic Music Critic Music Journalist
News Correspondent News Director News Editor
Newspaper Columnist Newspaper Correspondent Newspaper Journalist
Newspaper Reporter Newspaper Writer News Producer
News Reporter News Specialist News Writer
Photographer Police Reporter Political Reporter
Press Writer Print Journalist Producer
Radio News Writer Reporter Society Reporter
Sports Analyst Sports Anchor Sports Editor
Sports Journalist Sports Reporter Sports Writer
Staff Reporter Staff Writer Television Anchor
Television News Anchor (TV News Anchor) Television News Reporter Television Reporter (TV Reporter)
Travel Writer Videographer Weather Anchor
Weekend Anchor

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Sources: Career Guide to Industries (CGI), Occupational Information Network (O*Net), Occupation Outlook Handbook (OOH)