LIST: Worst jobs of 2016: Newspaper reporter tops
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Being a newspaper reporter has been ranked the worst job for the third year in a row.
Jobs in the media were seen as precarious because the loss of media organisations as a result of the decline in advertising revenue.
Other jobs, such as pest control worker, firefighter or military service personnel, appear on the list because of the danger, stress and low pay involved.
CareerCast, which compiled the list, compared the environment, income, outlook and stress associated with each job.
The best jobs of 2016 are dominated by professions in mathematics, such as data scientists or statisticians.
Information security analyst, audiologist and diagnostic medical sonographer were also among the best jobs.
The worst jobs of 2016
Newspaper reporter
Logger
Broadcaster
Disc jockey
Enlisted military service personnel
Pest control worker
Retail salesperson
Advertising salesperson
Taxi driver
Firefighter
The best jobs of 2016
Data scientist
Statistician
Information security analyst
Audiologist
Diagnostic medical sonographer
Mathematician
Software engineer
Computer systems analyst
Speech pathologist
Actuary
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ABOUT: Nana Kwesi Coomson
[email protected] An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.
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