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Newspaper and Periodical Broadcast Journalists and Reporters

Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters investigate and write up stories and features for broadcasting and for newspapers, magazines, news website and other periodicals.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£23,782
£38,032
£66,490

New workers start around £23,782. Normal pay is £38,032 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £66,490.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 39,051 vacancies for this type of job

4.50%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Sub-edits other journalists' stories.

  • Builds contacts in their field to ensure a supply of news.

  • Engage with the public and disseminate news stories, lifestyle and opinion pieces through social media.

  • Writes articles and features and submits draft manuscripts to newspaper, magazine, new website, periodical or programme editor.

  • Responds to stories as they break.

  • Determines subject matter and undertakes research by interviewing, attending public events, seeking out records, reviewing written work, attending film and stage performances etc.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Journalism

  • News Stories

  • Social Media

  • Search Engine Optimization

  • Content Creation

  • News Coverage

  • Benchmarking

  • Marketing

  • Data Analysis

  • Storytelling

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Writing

  • Communication

  • Research

  • Editing

  • Detail Oriented

  • Self-Motivation

  • English Language

  • Management

  • Planning

  • Innovation

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Broadcast Journalism

Nottingham Trent University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/112

Journalism: Broadcast

University of Salford

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Salford · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Radio, Broadcast & New Media

ACM (The Academy of Contemporary Music)

BA (Hons) · 2 Years · Full-time (intensive) · London · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Sports Journalism

University of Staffordshire

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Stoke-on-Trent · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Journalism with Photography

Plymouth Marjon University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Plymouth · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Sport Journalism with Foundation Year

Teesside University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Middlesbrough · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Sports Journalism

University of Brighton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Brighton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Sports Journalism

University Academy 92 (UA92)

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 08/06/2026

Tariff points: 104/104

Journalism Studies

University of Sheffield

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Sheffield · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Sports Journalism

University of Winchester

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Winchester · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Multimedia Journalism

University of Huddersfield

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Huddersfield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/112

Sports Journalism with Placement

Southampton, Solent University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with year in industry · Southampton · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Sports Journalism

Liverpool John Moores University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/128

Journalism

University Centre Peterborough

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Peterborough · 09/2025

Tariff points: 72/72

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