Journalism Jobs in Australia

Journalists are responsible for writing and presenting news and current affairs stories for print media like newspapers and magazines, TV, radio and online sources. They may specialise in a particular area like economics, finance, entertainment, politics or sport. Once they conduct research into a story and plan it out they often interview people to gather information and then write the final story which will go to an editor and then appear in the media.
Journalists often work in offices or newsrooms but you can also find them in TV studios and radio stations. Some journalists also present the news. Travel is a big part of the job as they often need to move around to interview people and cover stories. Spending a long time on the road is often required as is visiting sporting or entertainment events or law courts to follow stories. Journalists need to be prepared to work in all types of weather conditions and may be required to visit accident and crime scenes or even war zones. Journalists are responsible for presenting the news in unbiased, honest and ethical way. They have to be prepared to work in a high pressure environment that is highly competitive and deadline driven.

75 new job listings for this search have been found in the last calendar day, compared with 260 in the last 72 hours and 389 in the last week.

The average salary for open Journalism jobs is currently $82,614, 10% lower than the national average salary for all jobs which is $91,374.

The Adzuna recency index score for this search is 1.56, suggesting that demand for Journalism job vacancies in Australia is increasing.

The largest category under which open Journalism jobs are listed is Accounting & Finance Jobs, followed by PR, Advertising & Marketing Jobs.

The standard deviation of salaries for the results of this search is 33,704.