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Broadcast Journalist *

Last modified: November 07, 2011, 01:25 PM
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This is an ideal career for an intuitive thinker. Journalists write and edit news reports, commentaries and feature articles for newspapers, magazines and radio or television stations. As a journalist you tend to specialise in either broadcast journalism on television and radio, or print journalism for newspapers and magazines, though many journalists have done both.

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Career Options Available

Your career opportunities lie in the main generalist media newspapers, television and radio in Australia and overseas. Specialist employment in the diverse magazine sector is available, as is a job in regional media. In fact 25% of journalists get their start in regional media. Online communication is growing and will offer more employment over the next few years. It is also increasingly common to work as a freelancer, either in your own journalism agency or in a portfolio career. Your knowledge and skills are transferable across media, web development, reality TV, publishing, marketing and public relations.

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Did you know the first daily broadcast was started by the BBC in November 1936?

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