Data Journalist
Find stories inside spreadsheets, records and public data, then make them readable.
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- Typical pay
- €26k–€58k
- Usual education
- Degree
- Outlook
- Growing fast; newsrooms want people who can write and handle data.
A day in the life
Requesting public records, cleaning messy data, checking whether the pattern is real, and building a chart or map that a reader gets in five seconds.
Ways in
- Journalism degree plus data skills
- Statistics or CS degree into a newsroom
- Open-data projects portfolio
What to study at 16
The subjects you choose for the final years of secondary school can shape which degrees, exams and careers are easiest to reach. This is about choosing courses, not choosing a school.
Spain
Bachillerato de Artes
Portugal
Línguas e Humanidades
France
Bac technologique
Italy
Liceo classico / scienze umane
Netherlands
Profiel Cultuur & Maatschappij
Belgium
KSO – Artistic secondary
Skills that matter
Best courses to take
The study routes that lead most directly into this career.
BSc Business Analytics
Turning company data into decisions with SQL, statistics and visualisation.
The data side, if you prefer to start technical.
Helpful school subjects: Maths, Statistics, IT
BA Journalism
Reporting, writing, media law and ethics, with newsroom practice and work placements.
Pair it with statistics or coding options.
Helpful school subjects: News writing, Media law, Interviewing, Multimedia production