| Broadcast Journalist |
- Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Installation: Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
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- Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers.
- Examine news items of local, national, and international significance in order to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.
- Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.
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| Television Announcers |
- Repairing: Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
- Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
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- Coordinate games, contests, or other on-air competitions, performing such duties as asking questions and awarding prizes.
- Discuss various topics over the telephone with viewers or listeners.
- Study background information in order to prepare for programs or interviews.
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| Sound Engineer |
- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
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- Separate instruments, vocals, and other sounds, and combine sounds later during the mixing or postproduction stage.
- Regulate volume level and sound quality during recording sessions, using control consoles.
- Tear down equipment after event completion.
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