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Overview
Entertainment journalist work is about researching, interviewing and writing or reporting on cultural events, performances, artists, celebrities and social happenings for media channels.
In job descriptions, look for event attendance, interviews, news judgement, editorial standards, fact checking, media formats, contacts in the cultural scene and writing for print, digital, television or audio.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Entertainment journalists combine reporting routines with access to cultural and social events. Work can include preparing angles, attending premieres or performances, interviewing artists, checking facts and filing copy quickly for a chosen media format.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include interview technique, news judgement, clear writing, grammar, source checking, editorial ethics and maintaining contacts. Specialization may lean toward film, music, celebrity coverage, festivals, television, books or local culture.
Salary context
Salary context is shaped by employment form, publication rhythm, media format, audience size, travel or evening work, editing duties and whether the journalist brings exclusive contacts or specialist cultural knowledge. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Paths can move from general reporting, reviewing, event listings or digital desk work into arts reporting, entertainment correspondence, features, editing, presenter work or cultural section leadership.
Good to know
Read adverts for the exact beat and output pace. Covering red carpets, writing reviews, producing social clips and conducting long interviews require different preparation, access and editorial judgement.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Publishing of newspapers
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include business journalist, columnist and political journalist.
Explore this activityPublishing of journals and periodicals
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include business journalist, columnist and political journalist.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
27-3011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETNews Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
27-3023.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
58.13Publishing of journals and periodicals58.12Publishing of newspapers
Alternative labels
Occupation group
journalist (2642.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d3570716-cc0d-4a61-b9a0-9b3081050e9d |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2642.1.9 |
| ISCO group | 2642 |
| Concept type | Occupation |