As a Crime Journalist, you will need to master following:

• build contacts to maintain news flow
• evaluate writings in response to feedback
• follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
• follow the news
• interview people
• participate in editorial meetings
• stay up to date with social media
• study topics
• use specific writing techniques
• write to a deadline

More generally, a crime journalist is also versed in:

• apply grammar and spelling rules
• consult information sources
• copyright legislation
• court procedures
• criminal law
• develop professional network
• editorial standards
• grammar
• interview techniques
• record court procedures
• spelling
• writing techniques

It also helps to know the following:

• ICT software specifications
• adapt to type of media
• ask questions at events
• check correctness of information
• create online news content
• edit digital moving images
• edit negatives
• edit photographs
• edit recorded sound
• follow directions of on-site director
• manage personal finances
• manage writing administration
• perform video editing
• present during live broadcasts
• promote one's writings
• rewrite articles
• write captions
• write headlines
• apply desktop publishing techniques
• audio editing software
• communicate by telephone
• desktop publishing
• document interviews
• law enforcement
• multimedia systems
• perform image editing
• press law
• pronunciation techniques
• proofread text
• provide written content
• show diplomacy