Check stories

Description

Seek out and investigate stories via your contacts, press releases and other media.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 2 occupations
  • Optional in 3 occupations
  • Total: 5 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)

Essential for

  • Broadcast news editor
    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…
  • Editor-in-chief
    Editors-in-chief oversee the production of news stories for newspapers, magazines, journals and other media. They manage the day-to-day operations of a publication and make sure it…

Optional for

  • Picture editor
    Picture editors are responsible for the look of final photo­graphs to be published in a book or periodical or that are posted on the Internet. They make photo assignments,…
  • News anchor
    A News Anchor is a broadcast journalist who presents news stories on television or radio. They are the face of the news channel and play a critical role in…
  • Magazine editor
    Magazine editors decide which stories are interesting enough and will be covered in the magazine. They assign journalists to each item. Magazine editors determine the length of eac…

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Last updated on February 19, 2026

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