The Collar360

Crime journalist

Other names

investigative journalist, crime writer, crime & critical events journalist, crime reporter, crime and critical events journalist, forensic journalist, senior crime journalist, crime and defence correspondent, crime correspondent, crime & defence correspondent

Journalism, writing and languages

They research and write news stories about crimes for newspapers, magazines and television, and they interview people and go to court hearings.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.

  2. 2

    Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.

  3. 3

    Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.

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Sources

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Uganda licensing routes for regulated careers (councils, boards and their Acts)

Official record

Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council, Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, Law Council and the other bodies named on each licence. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public statutes and regulator pages

Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

Official record

National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public registers

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
journaliste judiciaire
español
periodista especializado en delitos/periodista especializada en delitos
العربية
صحفي جنائي / صحفية جنائية
português
Jornalista especializado em criminalidade/Jornalista especializada em criminalidade
Deutsch
Gerichtsreporter/Gerichtsreporterin
italiano
giornalista giudiziario/giornalista giudiziaria

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