News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts.79
• Transmit news stories or reporting information from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones, telephones, fax machines, or modems.70
• Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information.68

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.59
• Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.57
• Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.57

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 61 puts News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 11 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 9 augmentable, and 0 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: audit how much of your week sits in the exposed tasks above — then shift time toward the durable set or investigate the adjacent roles below.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Labor-market context

• $62,200median wage
• 39,250employed
• 4,100annual openings
• -3.9%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 66
• Editors 53
• Producers and Directors 48
• Public Relations Specialist 53
• Film and Video Editors 56
• Media Programming Directors 64

FAQ — News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

What does a score of 61 mean for a News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 61 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts; Transmit news stories or reporting information from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones, telephones, fax machines, or modems; Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.