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Photojournalist
Image journalist Investigative photographer Multi media image journalist News photographer Newspaper photographer Photo correspondent Photo journalist Photo reporter Photo-journalist Photographic journalist Photojournalist Visual journalist
Photojournalists cover all kinds of news events by taken informative images. They tell stories by taking, editing and presenting images for newspapers, journals, magazines, television and other media.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Taking photographs for advertising, or other commercial, industrial or scientific purposes and to illustrate stories and articles in newspapers, magazines and other publications;
(b) Taking portrait photographs of persons and groups of persons;
(c) Studying requirements of a particular assignment and decide on type of camera, film, lighting and background accessories to be used;
(d) Determining picture composition, making technical adjustments to equipment and photograph subject;
(e) Operating scanners to transfer photographic images to computers;
(f) Operating computers to manipulate photographic images;
(g) Adapting existing photographic images to create new digitized images to be included in multimedia products;
(h) Using airbrush, computer or other techniques to create the desired visual effect.
Knowledge
- Literature and linguistics
- Journalism and reporting
- Audio-visual techniques and media production
- Law
- Computer use
Digital competencies
- Operating audio-visual equipment
- Developing professional relationships or networks
- Organising, planning and scheduling work and activities
- Artistic and creative writing
- Gathering information from physical or electronic sources
Digital competencies
- Using digital tools for processing sound and images
- Analysing and evaluating information and data
- Creating visual displays and decorations
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Demonstrating willingness to learn
- Taking a proactive approach
- Maintaining a positive attitude
- Leading others
Professional groups of the occupation
Technicians and associate professionals
Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals
Artistic, cultural and culinary associate professionals
Photographers
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Photographers
360
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
60,81%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
6,82% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
18,33%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
12,22%
Part-time contracts
1,57% Turnover index
496
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
7%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals
52%
48%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Artistic, cultural and culinary associate professionals
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Photographers
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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