What qualities and skills should one possess to become a reporter?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

A strong desire to unearth the truth and a disciplined and passionate person would make a good reporter. Skills that you need to possess are: 1. Accuracy- There is no room for error you must make sure you get accurate news. 2. Curiosity - curiosity is very useful unless you are curious you won't be able to dig out all the information regarding a topic you need to report. 3. You should possess good interviewing skills. You should be able to ask relevant question at right time you should not be intimidated by other person. 4. Some level of sense of humor is also required. 5. You should report news in a detached attached manner that is neither too involved nor to detached. 6. Good speaking skills are also needed to be a good reporter.

manpreet 2 years ago

A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes, and reports on information in order to present in sources, conduct interviews, engage in research and make reports. Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom and going out to witness events or interviewing people. What makes a good reporter? 1. A reporters must have good news hunting capacity. Endless curiosity and finding out more is what he/she should always keep alive inside. 2. Reporter should not be biased and he/she must always be in ever- ready mode. 3. Command over language and speech is a must to be a good reporter. 4. A good reporter should be courageous and confident. Without courage and confidence it is difficult for a person to be a good reporter. 5. Credibility is something that every good reporter should have. In other words, a reporter must exhibit characters and behaviors that make him or her to be believed and trusted by people. 6. Healthy skepticism is a quality a reporter must possess. A reporter should always be factual and accurate. 7. A reporter should be able to work fast and enthusiastically on any given story. News writing especially has a lot to do with deadlines. 8. Outgoing and patience is a prerequisite to be a reporter. You should be able to interact with most powerful people with utmost ease. Waiting at an event or working for long hours is something a reporter must be used to. Last but not the least a reporter should be able to take corrections and criticisms in the course of performing their job.

manpreet 2 years ago

Hello! My advise would be to just watch a news channel in which a reporter is giving you live information about an accident, you will automatically know what you need. But to be more clear for this query, I would say that below mentioned are some of the basic qualities and skills that you must have to be a good reporter. (#) Good Vocabulary: You should have to select the best possible words to describe a particular situation. Until and unless you have the right words for the situation, the listeners will no longer be interested in yours. You can read a newspaper or any magazine daily for this. (#) Melodic voice: your voice should not be blurred. Make sure that you don't fable while thinking. If you stammer a lot while speaking, it makes a negative impact on your reporting career. As a remedy, you can do tongue twister exercise daily. Hope this helps. Upvote the answer if you feel satisfied. Good luck.

manpreet 2 years ago

Theoretically speaking, a reporters needs to have nose for news. He/she should have the sense to differentiate between what is newsy and what is not. Next in line comes good speaking skills. For instance, if a reporter knows that a fire incident has taken place in the building next to his/her - but doesn't have the extrovert speaking skills to talk with fire department officials/locals stuck in the building/eye-witnesses then having a news sense in the first place doesn't help. Because unless one talks to the people at the spot, the story cannot develop further. Thirdly good writing/anchoring skills - depending whether you're a reporter working for a newspaper/Television. In either case, a command over your language is a must - which can be helpful in anchoring/writing of the news report with all the 5Ws- What, Where, When, Why, Who and How - in the most accurate, short and crisp manner.