- Based on 388 Jobtrees users who were a Reporter in their career, on average, they have 2.98 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 5.2 years on average in this job building experience and earn $46K per year before moving on.
- 26% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Reporter are News Anchor, Editor and Correspondent. News Anchor, the most common next career step, is a less experienced role which is common to see in career paths as titles aren't synonymous across companies (higher title doesn't always mean higher pay or larger scope) and not all job seekers are looking to increase their responsibility in their next career step.
- If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Intern, Anchor and Host as they commonly lead to Reporter as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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- The most common career steps to get to Reporter are News Anchor, Correspondent and Editor based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While News Anchor is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Reporter that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Reporter career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Reporter so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While News Anchor isn't from the same job family as Reporter, Writer, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Correspondent also being a common career path to Reporter.
- If you are looking for more potential career paths to Reporter, you should also consider News Intern, Reporting Intern and Freelance Writer as they commonly lead to Reporter as well.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Reporter are Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Journalism, Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Journalism, and Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Physics Education. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with News Anchor being on the path to and from Reporter. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Reporter is part of the Writer job family which has a limited number of unique role types (29) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Reporter are Freelance Reporter, General Assignment Reporter, News Reporter, Sports Anchor/reporter, Tech Reporter, Technology Reporter.