Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. Report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, radio, or television.
<ul><li>Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas.</li><li>Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.</li><li>Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.</li><li>Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information.</li><li>Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.</li><li>Gather information about events through research, interviews, experience, or attendance at political, news, sports, artistic, social, or other functions.</li><li>Revise work to meet editorial approval or to fit time or space requirements.</li><li>Review and evaluate notes taken about news events to isolate pertinent facts and details.</li><li>Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories.</li><li>Review written, audio, or video copy and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines.</li><li>Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education.</li><li>Determine a published or broadcasted story's emphasis, length, and format and organize material accordingly.</li><li>Transmit news stories or reporting information from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones, telephones, fax machines, or modems.</li><li>Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts.</li><li>Discuss issues with editors to establish priorities or positions.</li><li>Photograph or videotape news events.</li><li>Take pictures or video and process them for inclusion in a story.</li><li>Present live or recorded commentary via broadcast media.</li><li>Develop ideas or material for columns or commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues, or personal experiences.</li><li>Conduct taped or filmed interviews or narratives.</li><li>Communicate with readers, viewers, advertisers, or the general public via mail, email, or telephone.</li><li>Write online blog entries that address news developments or offer additional information, opinions, or commentary on news events.</li><li>Assign stories to other reporters or duties to production staff.</li><li>Write columns, editorials, commentaries, or reviews that interpret events or offer opinions.</li></ul>