Unpacking professions in the news industry

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What is the most challenging part of an editor’s job? How does a data journalist at The Economist choose the topics they work on? Who is on the team led by a head of audience development? And is there life after leaving the news media for a different field?

For the past months we at The Fix have been cataloguing different jobs in the media industry. We ask leading news media professionals about their positions – what they actually do, how they make decisions, what excites them about their work, and what they can advise people interested in a similar role.

The idea is to help newcomers get their foot in the door, but also to enable leading news industry professionals to highlight the work they are doing and share advice with their peers.

Check below for a few highlights from the series. And we’d love to hear from you. If you work in or around the news media industry and don’t mind sharing more about your work to our readers, fill out this brief form.

Eight stories from The Fix on media professions

• What’s your media job: Editor (by Hleb Liapeika, May 2023)
• What’s your media job: Data Journalist (by Hleb Liapeika, March 2023)
• What’s your media job: Head of Audience Development (by Hleb Liapeika, November 2022)
• What’s your media job: Head of Paid Content (by Hleb Liapeika, January 2023)
• What’s your media job: Events Manager (by Hleb Liapeika, February 2023)
• What’s your media job: Journalist-influencer (by Vera Peneda, April 2023)
• What’s your media job: War correspondent (by Iryna Hoiuk, June 2023)
• What’s your (post-)media job: Research Director (by Anton Protsiuk, May 2023)

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