Professional journalists may also be employed as public relations specialists whose main role is to make a person or a company look good in public through building strong relationships with the industry and community. Some professional journalists may opt to take the technical writing path as technical writers whose main responsibility is to create manuals, how-to guides and other technical documents. Unlike professional journalists who work mainly for media companies, both public relations specialists and technical writers may be employed in a variety of industries. All of these careers require a bachelor’s degree typically communications, journalism or a related field.
