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From magazine editor to broadcast news editor

11 of the 19 essential skills of a broadcast news editor are already essential for a magazine editor — about 58% of the job, before you learn anything new.

These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.

11
skills carry over
8
would be new
58%
of the target job covered
19
essential skills of a broadcast news editor

What a broadcast news editor does

Broadcast news editors decide which news stories will be covered during the news. They assign journalists to each item. Broadcast news editors also determine the length of coverage for each news item and where it will be featured during the broadcast.

What would be new

8 skills

Essential for a broadcast news editor and not for a magazine editor. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.

Other moves from magazine editor

2 roles

magazine editorbroadcast news editorThe other way round

Counted from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Occupations are compared on their essential skills only.

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How far are you from being a broadcast news editor?

MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.