Digital Qualifications Library

Journalist

Journalist

Qualification title

Occupational Certificate: Journalist

Development Quality Partner:  MICTSETA

SAQA QUAL ID : 101872

NQF Level 05

Minimum credits : 193

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION 

Purpose:

The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Journalist. A Journalist originates and pitches content ideas, collects and analyses

information for journalistic use and creates and delivers content for an array of journalistic purposes in a variety of formats and on various media platforms.

A qualified learner will be able to:

• Originate and pitch content ideas for media use.
• Collect and analyse information for journalistic use.
• Create and deliver content for a variety of journalistic purposes and formats.