As a 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 journalist is also versed in:

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

It also helps to know the following:

• ICT software specifications
• adapt to type of media
• analyse trends in the food and beverage industries
• art history
• ask questions at events
• check correctness of information
• create online news content
• critically reflect on artistic production processes
• cultural projects
• direct photographic workers
• do historical research
• edit digital moving images
• edit negatives
• edit photographs
• edit recorded sound
• ensure consistency of published articles
• follow directions of on-site director
• food hygiene rules
• food materials
• food science
• history of dance style
• liaise with cultural partners
• maintain an artistic portfolio
• maintain photographic equipment
• manage personal finances
• manage writing administration
• media and information literacy
• musical instruments
• musical theory
• perform video editing
• present during live broadcasts
• promote one's writings
• provide context to news stories
• record multi-track sound
• review unpublished articles
• rewrite articles
• rewrite manuscripts
• select camera apertures
• select photographic equipment
• set up photographic equipment
• sporting events
• test photographic equipment
• use photographic equipment
• write captions
• write headlines
• adapt to changing situations
• address problems critically
• analyse market financial trends
• apply desktop publishing techniques
• attend book fairs
• attend performances
• attend trade fairs
• audio editing software
• communicate by telephone
• corporate law
• court procedures
• criminal law
• desktop publishing
• develop film
• document interviews
• economics
• election law
• film studies
• financial jurisdiction
• law enforcement
• liaise with celebrities
• literature
• manage personal professional development
• meet deadlines
• monitor political conflicts
• multimedia systems
• musical genres
• observe new developments in foreign countries
• perform image editing
• photography
• political campaigning
• political parties
• political science
• present arguments persuasively
• press law
• pronunciation techniques
• proofread text
• provide written content
• read books
• record court procedures
• rhetoric
• show diplomacy
• show intercultural awareness
• speak different languages
• sport games rules
• sport history
• sports competition information
• stock market
• study cultures
• tax legislation
• types of literature genres
• use word processing software
• watch video and motion picture production products