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Skills that get you hired
Data journalism
Spreadsheets, databases and basic code. Useful in any newsroom.
Video and audio production
Shooting, editing and producing. Most reporting jobs now expect at least some of it.
A technical beat
Courts, health, finance or energy. Reporters who understand a complicated field are hard to replace.
Public records work
Knowing how to file a freedom of information request and fight a refusal is what separates real investigations from press releases.