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How can I become an Investigative Reporter
- The most common career steps to get to Investigative Reporter are Reporter, Member and Producer based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Reporter, the most common step before Investigative Reporter, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Investigative Reporter, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Investigative Reporter.
- While Reporter is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Investigative Reporter that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Investigative Reporter career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming an Investigative Reporter so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Reporter isn't from the same job family as Investigative Reporter, News, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Member also being a common career path to Investigative Reporter.
What should I know about the Investigative Reporter career path
- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Investigative Reporter are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Communications, and Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Kinesiology. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Reporter being the most common role to and from Investigative Reporter. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Investigative Reporter is part of the News job family which has a limited number of unique role types (14) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Investigative Reporter.