As a newspaper journalist you'd write stories and do research into to news stories such as sport, politics and different other news headlines. For a national newspaper they would report on news stories from all over the country and parts of the world whilst for the local it would be local news to be put into a local advertiser for that area. In the article you would write infromation about what has happened maybe even putting a debate in there for people to discuss or interview people on their opinion or accounts of the situation.
A trainee reporter would start off at £15,000 a year but for local may start as low as £12,000 a year expecting rises of £1500-£3000 as you go through the training. Average salary for journalist is usually £24,500 a year but salaries vary for journalists with between one to four years' experience are £14,900 to £24,350. For those with five to nine years' experience it is £21,700 to £35,000. With over ten years' experience you can expect a salary starting at £22,000 to £39,000.
Entry without a degree is becoming more difficult for journalism and usually editors are more interested with people in specialst degree subject such as sports or sciences with more than 60% entering graduates. They can choose to enter from several routes one of which is full time, one year post graduate courses which give you a postgraduate or Masters degree. Another is a fast track option usually lasting 18-20 week postgraduate courses.
Career development may involve joining the news desk by moving into news management.
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