Being a “Jack of all Trades” is not just a phrase anymore but a necessity for the emerging journalist. Across both articles and according to Mark Briggs in Journalism Next, new and old journalists need to have all the skills they can when becoming a professional journalist.
One skill that seemed almost mandatory would be to know how to work across multi-platforms, a journalist would need to have experience in all types of multimedia such as video, audio, writing, photo, etc. Although, the journalist would also need to be able to incorporate the main skills that it takes to be a successful journalist; they would have to know how make a good balance between both while reporting and doing their job.