Journalists (JO) assist public affairs officers and officers in command with public affairs; prepare material contributing to the Navy's Fleet Home Town News Program; write Navy news releases and feature articles from personal interviews, examination of messages and witnessing of events; take and process news photographs and write captions; coordinate special events; prepare histories; prepare material for commercial radio and television use; serve on the staff of Armed Forces Radio and Television stations; operate and schedule command internal information and programming for Shipboard Information Training and Entertainment (SITE) systems; prepare official correspondence and directives; prepare and lay out Navy publications, such as newspapers, command information brochures and cruise books; and assist in preparing speeches/presentations on naval topics.
