264-Authors, journalists and linguists

Job Title ( International classification ): 
Authors, journalists and linguists
ISCO Code: 
264
Job Description: 
Authors, journalists and linguists conceive and create literary works, interpret and communicate news and public affairs through the media and translate or interpret from one language into another.
Tasks: 

Main Tasks include -

  • writing literary works
  • appraising merits of literary and other works of art
  • collecting information about current affairs and writing about them
  • researching, investigating, interpreting and communicating news and public affairs through newspapers, television, radio and other media
  • translating written material from one language to another
  • simultaneously translating from one language to another.
Inclusions: 

Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

2641 Authors and related writers
2642 Journalists
2643 Translators, interpreters and other linguists