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Journalists and Other Writers

Journalists and Other Writers research and compile news stories, write and edit news reports, commentaries and feature stories for presentation in print and electronic media, and compose written material to advertise goods and services.

OtherANZSCO 2124
$1,722/wkMedian full-time pay
23kPeople employed
+19% ▲Growth to 2035
82%Work full time
40Median age
Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 2124.More about our sources: How we check our facts

What they do

The main tasks of this occupation, from the national occupation standard.

determining advertising approach by consulting clients and management, and studying products to establish principal selling featureswriting advertisements for press, radio, television, cinema screens, billboards, catalogues and shop displaysmaking decisions about the specific content of publications in conjunction with other senior editors and in accordance with editorial policies and guidelinesreviewing copy for publication to ensure conformity with accepted rules of grammar, style and format, coherence of story, and accuracy, legality and probity of contentcollecting and analysing facts about newsworthy events from interviews, printed matter, investigations and observationswriting news reports, commentaries, articles and feature stories for newspapers, magazines, journals, television and radio on topics of public interest
Source: JSA occupation profileTask list from the Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile for ANZSCO 2124 (ANZSCO task statements).More about our sources: How we check our facts

The outlook

Room for 4,400 more people in journalists and other writers by 2035 ▲

The field shrank 1.4% in the year to February 2026, losing about 300 workers. Most of the jobs are in NSW and VIC, with QLD third.

Source: JSA · ABS, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 2124.More about our sources: How we check our facts
23.3k2025
25.6k2030 PROJ.
27.7k2035 PROJ.

Getting in

7 in ten people here have a degree. You can still get in without one.

11% came through a VET qualification. These are the nationally recognised courses mapped to this occupation, with the number of registered training providers that offer each one.

Source: JSA · training.gov.auEducation split: JSA (Jobs and Skills Australia) occupation profile, using ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Census data, ANZSCO 2124. Qualification mapping and provider counts: training.gov.au, the national register of vocational education, October 2026. Listed providers are current registered training providers (private providers and TAFE institutes).More about our sources: How we check our facts

Nationally recognised training · most offered first

DEF40417Certificate IV

Certificate IV in Defence Reporting

Defence Training Package.

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Providers are shown in A-Z order on each course page. A listing is not a recommendation.

Jobs open right now

23k Australians do this work. See who is hiring this month.

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Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26State chart shows people employed, not current job ads. ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 2124.More about our sources: How we check our facts

People employed by state, 2025-26

NSW8.8k
VIC5.5k
QLD3.6k
WA1.3k
SA1.2k
ACT0.9k
TAS0.4k
NT0.1k