Are there any journalists in here?

Question

If so what kind of clothes do you wear to work? You know like do you wear suits,skirts,casual,ect.

Answer 1

I'm an ex-newspaper reporter.
What you wear to work pretty much depends on who you have to interview, and where you have to go to get the story. You dress in a way that will tend to make the people you want to talk to, willing to talk to you.
If you cover politics, you will dress nicely because it's hard to get City Hall officials to take you seriously if you're a real slob.
If you cover the schools, you try to wear something you think will get students and teachers and parents all to talk to you/trust you.
If you are going to be interviewing people who just won't be comfortable with you if you are all dressed up, then dress casually.
If you are a woman and you may run into situations where you are talking to people who will be uncomfortable if you have bare arms or uncovered hair, be sure to keep a lightweight sweater or jacket around, and a scarf, in case you need them. (For example, if you go to interview the imam at a mosque, put on your scarf before going into the mosque.)
If you are sent to cover something where you may have to wade through the mud, wear stuff you can wade through the mud in. (I had a story involving a duck-shooting club that involved lots of wading in mud.)
Always wear shoes that will be practical if you're sent to cover a car wreck or whatever else may involve walking up an inconvenient, rocky hill, climbing through a fence or whatever. That may not be your normal beat, but you could get sent to do it if nobody else is available.
All my skirt shoes had low rubbery heels when I was working as a journalist, so that I could wear them to climb up things, etc. if necessary.
If you cover the cop beat, and you may have to go interview people in neighborhoods where there have been gang shootings, DON'T wear anything that could be mistaken for the colors of either gang!
If you cover fashion, you will have to dress fashionably.
If you cover nightlife, you will have to dress hip enough that nightclub owners, people in bands, clubgoers etc. won't think you are clueless.

Answer 2

As a free-lance editor and writer, I work out of my home. The commute is a breeze and the dress code is very casual (fuzzy slippers allowed).

When I was on the editorial staff of a publication, the office dress code was business casual.

Answer 3

An old brown suit, a trilby hat and a greasy mac.