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News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

Narrate or write news stories, reviews, or commentary for print, broadcast, or other communications media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, or television. May collect and analyze information through interview, investigation, or observation.

92 AI exposure
27 Human advantage
49 Market demand
63 AI leverage

Is News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists a safe career from AI?

News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists scores 92 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 27, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 49 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment falling 5.9% over ten years.

What News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists pay

The median wage is $60,280 a year. The lower quarter earns under $40,420 and the upper quarter over $97,460. About 41,550 people do this work in the United States.

Where News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists can go next

Occupations that share most of what this job already requires, ranked by how much carries over.

Producers and Directors 86% of the skills carry over $83k median
Writers and Authors 88% of the skills carry over $72k median
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 77% of the skills carry over $128k median
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 77% of the skills carry over $94k median

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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