Journalists and Other Writers research and compile news stories, write and edit news reports, commentaries and feature stories for presentation in print and electronic media, and compose written material to advertise goods and services.
This occupation group covers Journalists and Other Writers not elsewhere classified.
Occupation description
Journalists and Other Writers research and compile news stories, write and edit news reports, commentaries and feature stories for presentation in print and electronic media, and compose written material to advertise goods and services.
This occupation group covers Journalists and Other Writers not elsewhere classified.
Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Blogger
- Critic
- Editorial Assistant
- Photo Journalist
- Vlogger
Occupations not considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Copywriter
- Newspaper or Periodical Editor
- Print Journalist
- Radio Journalist
- Television Journalist
- Technical Writer
- Author
- Book or Script Editor
These occupations are classified elsewhere in ANZSCO or are not at the required skill level.
Journalists and Other Writers nec is a VETASSESS Group B occupation
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher.
Applicants can fulfil the assessment criteria for this occupation in four different ways.
*If employment is prior to the completion of the qualification at the required level, an applicant must have at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level within the last five years. The remaining five years of pre-qualifying period may be within the last ten years.
A positive assessment of both qualification level and employment duration is required for a positive Skills Assessment outcome.
Additional qualifications in a highly relevant field of study include those comparable to the following levels:
- AQF Diploma
- AQF Advanced Diploma
- AQF Associate Degree or AQF Graduate Diploma
*** Bachelor degree or higher degree includes:
- AQF Master Degree or AQF Doctoral Degree
** Highly relevant paid employment duration (20 hours or more per week)
1-3
minimum years of employment highly relevant to the nominated occupation, completed at an appropriate skill level in the five years before the date of application for a Skills Assessment.
4
minimum 4 years of relevant employment required – Three years of relevant employment (can be outside the last 5-year period) in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment within the last five years before applying.
Qualification and Employment Criteria
Employment
Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Determining an advertising approach by consulting clients and management, and studying products to establish principal selling features.
- Making decisions about the specific content of publications.
- Reviewing copy for publication to ensure conformity with accepted rules of grammar, style and format, coherence of story, and accuracy, legality and probity of content.
- Collecting and analysing facts about newsworthy events from interviews, printed matter, investigations and observations.
- Writing commentaries, articles and stories for presentation in print and digital channels.
- Critically discussing daily news topics in the editorial columns of newspapers and reviewing books, films and plays.
Employment information
Journalists and other writers research, compose, edit and present stories, feature articles and commentaries or opinion pieces. Writing activities may span a variety of media including print, digital, online publications, radio and television. Some writers need to have in depth knowledge in their area of specialty.
Work is mobile and ranges from an office (at a media organisation, at home or on the road) across any of the environments from where the journalist gathers information.
This occupation belongs to ANZSCO Unit Group 2124 and covers Journalists and Other Writers that are not elsewhere classified in that Unit Group, or classified elsewhere in ANZSCO. Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code are:
Blogger
Keeps and updates a blog or weblog.
Critic
Judges the quality or merits of literary or artistic works and discusses their opinions in the media.
Editorial Assistant
Provides administrative and some editorial assistance to senior editorial staff during the commissioning, planning or production stages of the publication process.
Photo Journalist
Creates images in order to tell a news story.
Vlogger
Regularly posts short videos to a vlog (video blog or video log, referring to a type of blog where most or all of the content is in video form e.g. YouTube, Facebook).
Note:
Copywriters, Newspaper or Periodical Editors, Radio Journalists, Television Journalists, Print Journalists - whether their work is published in print or online - are classified elsewhere in ANZSCO and will not be considered under this occupation.
Supporting Material for Assessment
When applying for a Skills Assessment, please ensure you submit sufficient evidence supporting your proof of identity, qualification and employment claims. A full list of the documents required can be found on the VETASSESS website under Eligibility Criteria.
You should provide a cover letter that justifies your rationale for choosing an ‘nec’ category.
If you are nominating this occupation and you are self employed, you are required to provide the following:
- Evidence of self-employment such as sole trading or business registration details and/or official statements issued by your (registered) Accountant and/or legal team. The statement from your Accountant or Solicitor must include the Accountant’s or Solicitor’s letterhead, your full name, how long you have been continuously self employed, including official dates in each role, the nature of the business conducted, and the signature and contact details of the Accountant or Solicitor.
- A statutory declaration listing your main duties during self-employment.
- Payment evidence showing regular income from self-employment, such as client invoices together with corresponding bank statements and/or official taxation records.
- Supplementary evidence, such as contracts with clients or suppliers, client testimonials, evidence of projects completed, etc.
Not Elsewhere Classified (nec)
Some occupations assessed by VETASSESS are listed as ‘nec’ which means ‘not elsewhere classified’. If you are nominating one of these occupations, you must ensure that your qualifications and employment are highly relevant to one of the occupation titles given in the ANZSCO description for the particular occupation. Other specific occupation titles which cannot be found elsewhere in ANZSCO will be considered on a case by-case basis as long as they are relevant to the ‘nec’ codes. In order to be assessed against an ‘nec’ code, your occupation would generally be described as non-classified, yet specialized or related to its ANZSCO Unit Group description.
Your employment in these nominated occupations should not better match another ANZSCO code (whether assessed by VETASSESS or not). When considering whether to nominate an ‘nec’ occupation, you should consider the sub major group description and determine whether your skills best fit this category.
VETASSESS conducts a case-by-case assessment to determine whether the employment can be considered highly relevant to the classification
If your employment is highly relevant to another ANZSCO occupation, that period of employment cannot be assessed suitably against an ‘nec’ classification, regardless of whether the occupation is available for migration purposes or not. You should provide a cover letter that justifies the rationale for choosing an ‘nec’ category
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