Identification of the professional competences in the career of Journalism

The objective of this article is to present the competency profile identified according to the current and prospective performance requirements in the work environment of journalism. The research was carried out, fundamentally, through methods such as the comparative study of regularities, evolutionary features and development trends, the process map and the analysis of processes, useful for the diagnosis and assessment of the work functions of the journalistic work environment, as an essential starting point for the training of professionals capable of demonstrating their suitability in the work performance. Likewise, the identification of the competences was made through the functional analysis, which allows to analyze in a deductive and flexible way a work environment, through the determination of a main purpose and the subsequent breakdown of functions, with the participation of experts. The resulting competency profile structures in a synergistic way the basic, specific and transversal competences necessary for an ideal professional performance of the journalist in the different contexts of his work environment, with greater possibilities of facing the high rate of expiration of knowledge and obsolescence of the competences that affect the infocomunicative field.