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What Does a Journalist Do? Job Responsibilities, Skills, and Career Path

From breaking news to long-form investigations, here's what journalists actually do every day (and the skills you need to get hired).

So you’ve wanted to be a journalist since you were 12 and have a framed picture of Dan Rather on your nightstand to prove it. […]