Journalist Resume Example
Masthead layout: a newspaper-style nameplate with a dateline rule, beats tags, a selected-bylines list and column-ruled body for reporters.
Use this example Template: Journalist
Layla Mansour
Senior Correspondent — Business, Energy & Gulf Affairs
layla.mansour@example.com+974 5512 3398Doha, Qatarlinkedin.com/in/laylamansour-journalistmuckrack.com/laylamansour
BeatsEnergy & LNGSovereign wealthOPEC+Labour & migrationGulf politics
Summary
Bilingual reporter with 10 years covering business, energy and politics in the Gulf for international wire and broadcast outlets. I break news on deadline, build sources across ministries, companies and OPEC delegations, and turn data and documents into explanatory and investigative pieces. I file in English and Arabic for text, TV and podcast, verify open-source material, and edit junior reporters' copy.
Experience
Senior Correspondent, Gulf
Reuters · Doha
Mar 2020 – Present
38Exclusives
1,100+Stories filed
- Cover energy, LNG and sovereign wealth across Qatar, Kuwait and Oman; broke 38 market-moving exclusives, including QatarEnergy's North Field partner selection
- Led a 4-month investigation into migrant-worker wage theft using court filings and payroll leaks; prompted a ministerial review and was picked up by 60+ outlets
- Anchor Arabic-language market segments on Reuters TV and co-host a weekly energy podcast (1.2M annual listens)
Business Reporter & Producer
Al Jazeera English · Doha
Sep 2016 – Feb 2020
120+TV packages
- Reported and produced 120+ TV packages on the Gulf blockade, oil-price shocks and Vision 2030 reforms from 9 countries
- Built the newsroom's first open-source verification checklist for user-generated video
Staff Reporter
The Jordan Times · Amman
Jul 2014 – Aug 2016
- Covered economy, refugees and municipal affairs; front-page series on Zaatari camp's informal economy
Summary example
Bilingual reporter with [N] years covering business, energy and politics in the Gulf for international wire and broadcast outlets. I break news on deadline, build sources across ministries, companies and OPEC delegations, and turn data and documents into explanatory and investigative pieces. I file in English and Arabic for text, TV and podcast, verify open-source material, and edit junior reporters' copy.
Example bullet points for a Journalist
- Cover energy, LNG and sovereign wealth across Qatar, Kuwait and Oman; broke [N] market-moving exclusives, including QatarEnergy's North Field partner selection
- Led a [N]-month investigation into migrant-worker wage theft using court filings and payroll leaks; prompted a ministerial review and was picked up by [N]+ outlets
- Anchor Arabic-language market segments on Reuters TV and co-host a weekly energy podcast ([N] annual listens)
- Reported and produced [N]+ TV packages on the Gulf blockade, oil-price shocks and Vision [N] reforms from [N] countries
- Built the newsroom's first open-source verification checklist for user-generated video
- Covered economy, refugees and municipal affairs; front-page series on Zaatari camp's informal economy
Replace the [brackets] with your own numbers and facts. Never claim results you didn't achieve.
Skills to include
- Breaking news & live updates
- Investigations & FOI
- Data journalism (Python, Datawrapper)
- OSINT verification
- Live two-ways & anchoring
- Podcast production
- Premiere Pro
Tips for a Journalist resume
- Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: Breaking news & live updates, Investigations & FOI, Data journalism (Python, Datawrapper).
- List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. Hostile Environment & First Aid Training (HEFAT), Google News Initiative — Advanced Verification.
- Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example exclusives.
- Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
- Run the built-in resume checker and paste the job description into the keyword match before you download.
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