As a Critic, you will need to master following:

• build contacts to maintain news flow
• critically reflect on artistic production processes
• 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 critic is also versed in:

• apply grammar and spelling rules
• consult information sources
• copyright legislation
• develop professional network
• editorial standards
• grammar
• interview techniques
• rhetoric
• spelling
• writing techniques

It also helps to know the following:

• analyse trends in the food and beverage industries
• art history
• check correctness of information
• create online news content
• food hygiene rules
• food materials
• food science
• history of dance style
• manage personal finances
• manage writing administration
• musical instruments
• musical theory
• promote one's writings
• rewrite manuscripts
• write captions
• write headlines
• address problems critically
• apply desktop publishing techniques
• attend performances
• desktop publishing
• film studies
• literature
• multimedia systems
• musical genres
• photography
• press law
• proofread text
• provide written content
• read books
• types of literature genres
• watch video and motion picture production products