# Competences — sports journalist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/70b5896f-988e-4084-9c19-2c82bd5cc9a5).

## Essential

- **apply grammar and spelling rules** (skill/competence)
- **build contacts to maintain news flow** (skill/competence)
- **consult information sources** (skill/competence)
- **copyright legislation** (knowledge)
- **develop professional network** (skill/competence)
- **digital journalism** (knowledge)
- **editorial standards** (knowledge)
- **evaluate writings in response to feedback** (skill/competence)
- **follow ethical code of conduct of journalists** (skill/competence)
- **follow the news** (skill/competence)
- **grammar** (knowledge)
- **interview people** (skill/competence)
- **interview techniques** (knowledge)
- **participate in editorial meetings** (skill/competence)
- **spelling** (knowledge)
- **sport games rules** (knowledge)
- **sporting events** (knowledge)
- **sports competition information** (knowledge)
- **stay up to date with social media** (skill/competence)
- **study topics** (skill/competence)
- **use specific writing techniques** (skill/competence)
- **write to a deadline** (skill/competence)
- **writing techniques** (knowledge)

## Optional

- adapt to changing situations (skill/competence)
- adapt to type of media (skill/competence)
- apply desktop publishing techniques (skill/competence)
- ask questions at events (skill/competence)
- audio editing software (knowledge)
- check correctness of information (skill/competence)
- communicate by telephone (skill/competence)
- create online news content (skill/competence)
- desktop publishing (knowledge)
- document interviews (skill/competence)
- edit digital moving images (skill/competence)
- edit negatives (skill/competence)
- edit photographs (skill/competence)
- edit recorded sound (skill/competence)
- follow directions of on-site director (skill/competence)
- follow newspaper house style (skill/competence)
- ICT software specifications (knowledge)
- manage personal finances (skill/competence)
- manage writing administration (skill/competence)
- multimedia systems (knowledge)
- perform image editing (skill/competence)
- perform video editing (skill/competence)
- present during live broadcasts (skill/competence)
- press law (knowledge)
- promote one's writings (skill/competence)
- pronunciation techniques (knowledge)
- proofread text (skill/competence)
- provide written content (skill/competence)
- rewrite articles (skill/competence)
- sport history (knowledge)
- table tennis (knowledge)
- write captions (skill/competence)
- write headlines (skill/competence)