ISCO 08 Code 264        Authors, journalists and linguists      

Lead Statement

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.

Task statement

Tasks performed usually 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.

Included occupations

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

Notes

ISCO 88 Code(s)

(NCvB; Mei 2010)