Journalism professor - Salary and Career
Higher education humanities teachers

Journalism professor - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They prepare and teach classes in the areas of human sciences in higher education and guide academic works, prepare teaching plans, supervise internships, evaluate teaching-learning processes, participate in selection and evaluation processes. They provide technical-scientific advice, carry out academic-administrative activities and build political-pedagogical projects. They can develop research and extension activities.

How much does an Journalism professor earn

A Journalism professor earns between $1.346 and $20.975 per month, with an average monthly salary of $6.407 and a median salary of $4.025 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 40 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Journalism professor

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 6.407 76.881 1.602 50
1º Quartile 1.346 16.146 336 10
Median Salary 4.025 48.299 1.006 31
3º Quartile 15.997 191.959 3.999 124
Higher Salary 20.975 251.702 5.244 163


Professional job categories

  • Science and arts professionals
    • teaching professionals
      • higher education teachers
        • higher education humanities teachers

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Main workplaces

Higher education humanities teachers they perform their functions in educational institutions and entities and are hired as workers with a formal contract. They are organized into work teams and can also work individually. They work with occasional supervision, indoors and outdoors, usually during the day. Work can be carried out in person or remotely. May be subject to stressful situations due to work under pressure.


What does it take to work in the field of Higher education humanities teachers

The exercise of these occupations requires complete higher education and postgraduate or specialization degrees in the area. It is common to enter and progress in a career through public examinations, mainly in the public sector. The full performance of activities, as a full professor, usually occurs after three or four years of experience.


Functions and activities of Journalism professor

Higher education humanities teachers must:

  • elaborate teaching plan;
  • supervise internships;
  • participate in selection and evaluation processes;
  • provide technical-scientific advice;
  • participate in selection and assessment processes;
  • teaching class;
  • guide academic works;
  • exercise academic-administrative activities;
  • develop research and extension activities;
  • prepare lessons;
  • prepare classes;
  • supervise stages;
  • advise academic works;
  • teacher class;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • exercise academic and administrative activities;
  • evaluating teaching-learning processes;
  • minister class;
  • developing research and extension activities;
  • ministrar aula;
  • guiding academic works;
  • providing technical-scientific advice;
  • orienting academic works;
  • perform academic-administrative activities;
  • orient academic works;
  • evaluate teaching-learning processes;
  • build political-pedagogical projects;

  • Activities

    • review bibliography;
    • demonstrate motivational ability;
    • elaborate assessment instruments;
    • examine monographs, theses and dissertations;
    • issue technical reports and opinions;
    • elaborate didactic material;
    • demonstrate polemicization ability;
    • keep up to date;
    • define course evaluation guidelines;
    • performing activities in laboratories and workshops;
    • select bibliography;
    • judge academic works;
    • monitor development of teaching plans;
    • guide initiation to professional practice;
    • search bibliography;
    • define lines of research and extension;
    • define student profile;
    • develop research projects;
    • define extra-room activities;
    • organizing seminars;
    • work with the community;
    • build internship policy;
    • applying assessment instruments;
    • check frequency;
    • evaluate the student's production;
    • integrate committees;
    • supervise field activities;
    • argue candidates for the degree;
    • orient project formulation;
    • define professors' profile;
    • evaluate resumes and memorials;
    • build course curriculum;
    • guide construction of research object;
    • manage financial and material resources;
    • using audiovisual resources;
    • predict forms of evaluation;
    • supervise the application of internship rules;
    • guide the formation of collections;
    • demonstrate creativity;
    • monitor internship activities;
    • define evaluation criteria;
    • check attendance;
    • demonstrate ability to motivate;
    • demonstrate synthesis ability;
    • give interviews;
    • identify the profile of teachers;
    • demonstrate ability to deal with diversity;
    • demonstrate ability to problematize;
    • head academic departments;
    • elaborate scientific works;
    • perform readings;
    • participate in collegiate bodies;
    • demonstrate ability to argue;
    • hold orientation meetings;
    • provide consultancy;
    • organize academic events;
    • evaluate participation in class and out of class;
    • ask questions;
    • select human resources;
    • display course contents;
    • propose agreements and partnerships;
    • demonstrate polemic skills;
    • coordinate courses;
    • apply assessment instruments;
    • exercise citizenship roles;
    • perform research;
    • comment evaluation results;
    • coordinate research projects;
    • demonstrate oral expression skills;
    • set up schedule;
    • demonstrate motivation ability;
    • discuss texts;
    • evaluate execution of extension activities;
    • performing out-of-room experiences;
    • control attendance;
    • advising on institutional projects;
    • demonstrate writing ability;
    • report financial resources;
    • organize didactic activities;
    • promote debate;
    • demonstrate mobilization ability;
    • coordinate internship programs;
    • provide community service;
    • evaluate programmed academic works;
    • define menus and programs;
    • suggest bibliography;
    • develop lesson plan;
    • demonstrate contextualization ability;
    • develop reports;
    • prepare orienting for qualification exam;
    • select candidates in competitions;
    • evaluate menus and programs;
    • evaluate initiation to professional practice;
    • raise resources for research and extension;
    • coordinate extension projects;
    • develop internship programs and projects;
    • propose draft notices, ordinances and resolutions;
    • demonstrate reflective ability;
    • analyze evaluation results;
    • identify stage fields;
    • evaluate research execution;
    • examine field reports;
    • demonstrate observation skills;
    • review teaching practice;
    • evaluate evidence;
    • define teacher profile;
    • demonstrate motivating ability;
    • update data and conjunctural information;
    • organize publications;
    • preparing by guiding for the defense of the work;
    • indicate bibliography;
    • develop lesson plan;
    • select candidates for admission to postgraduate courses;
    • define teacher training policy;
    • preparing by guiding for the defense of work;
    • provoking reflections;
    • define professional profile;
    • update data and situational information;
    • select teaching resources;
    • issue an opinion on texts for publication purposes;
    • examine final product;
    • issue reports and technical opinions;
    • define course objectives;
    • elaborate texts;
    • demonstrate synthesis ability;
    • posting questions;
    • participate in technical-scientific events;
    • develop reports;
    • integrate committees;
    • evaluate the production of the mentor;
    • monitor project execution;
    • define methodology;
    • coordinate centers, programs, laboratories and workshops;
    • disclose results;
    • guide project formulation;
    • raise resources for research and extension;
    • orient researchers;
    • providing community service;
    • demonstrate ability to establish dialogues;
    • develop extension projects;
    • answer questions;
    • re-adapt the teaching-learning process;
    • identify demands of society;
    • participate in the preparation of public notices for competitions;
    • advise institutional projects;


    Sectors that hire Journalism professor the most in the job market

    • higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate
    • higher education - undergraduate
    • higher education - postgraduate and extension




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