Justin Kings, radio journalist and media consultant, lists the Top 10 essential skills of a multimedia journalist, gleaned from his Twitter followers.

• Technical ability.
• Understanding how each platform can enrich story-telling.
• Understanding how consumers access content, use the likes of Twitter and Facebook effectively.
• Be a self-starter – you need the motivation.
• Be a team player.
• Organisational skills.
• Ability to cope with pressure.
• Adaptability.
• Interpersonal skills – Journalism is fundamentally about people. Social media provides huge opportunities to use these interpersonal skills. See @radiokate, a radio producer – “It’s about the connections, the trust, the engagement with people.” It’s all about “getting” the language of social media.
• Simply being a great journalist/storyteller – finding the story, checking the facts, being impartial. The fundamental skills never go away.

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