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Journalist

Media and Advertising


  • Average Salary

    RM2800 - RM 4500

  • Career Trends

    -

  • Compability

What is Journalist?

Gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information. (newspapers, magazines, television, radio and digital). The news should be factual, accurate, and give information.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM2800 - RM 4500

Example of a Job Position

Field Reporter
Digital Field Reporter
Loose Field Reporter
Official Field Reporter
Direct Field Reporters
Journalist
Interviewer
Reporter

Task

? Doing research before interviewing people or before covering the news ? Get materials by doing news coverage, intervew, investigation and collecting data ? Compile the data and presenting the news ? Check the truth and the accuracy of the information obtained ? May work together with other parties such as the cameraman, photographer, or fellow journalists in coverage ? Cover the news as directed by coverage coordinator/edito/supervisor, then handed the coverage result

Knowledge

Communication and Media

Knowledge of media production, communication, and techniques and methods of dissemination. Includes alternative ways to inform and entertain through writing, verbal, and visual media.

English

Knowledge of the structure and content of English, including the meaning and spelling of each word, composition rules, and grammar.

Skills

Writing

Communicate effectively through writing that suits the needs of the audience

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Social Sensitivity

Realizing the reactions of others, then understanding why they acted like that.

Creative

Ability to imagine and create original ideas, especially related to artistic work.

Capability

  • 1

    Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

  • 2

    Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences

  • 3

    Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

  • 4

    Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing