An employer typically desires candidates to have experience from internships or a related field. College students would benefit from gaining multiple internships with different news organizations so they become familiar with putting stories together and developing a professional portfolio. Reporters, correspondents, and broadcast news analysts typically have the duties of researching stories and topics that have been assigned to them by their news director or editor. They carry out interviews to get information or opinions about an article or story. They work on writing articles for magazines, newspapers, and blogs as well as write scripts to be read on radio or television. He or she would have the duty of reviewing articles for grammar, accuracy, and proper style.
