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News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Also filed here: Journalist, Reporter, News anchor, Correspondent, News analyst
Being rewritten
AI already performs most of the work in this job. The BLS expects 5.9% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #9 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -5.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $62,200 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 47,100 in the US, with about 3,400 openings a year
The work, 12 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI does this: Develop news, entertainment, or artistic content24%
AI performed this in about 1 in 67 Copilot conversations and completed it 63% of the time.
AI does this: Gather information for news stories19%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,391 Copilot conversations and completed it 88% of the time.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public16%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Prepare informational or instructional materials7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 51 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Edit written materials or documents7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 162 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
AI helps with this: Develop professional relationships or networks4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,715 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
Still yours: Operate audiovisual or related equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Operate communications equipment or systems2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,650 conversations, and it got them there 86% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI does this: Monitor external affairs, trends, or events2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 394 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI does this: Respond to customer problems or inquiries2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 6 Copilot conversations and completed it 84% of the time.
Still yours: Interview people to obtain information2%
People try AI for this, but it seldom finishes the work in full.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 94 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 3,400 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 33% of the workPublic Relations Specialists69% AI does, against 76% here+1.8% by 2035 · $74,750 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 27% of the workProducers and Directors31% AI does, against 76% here+4% by 2035 · $90,360 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 27% of the workTechnical Writers55% AI does, against 76% here+0.8% by 2035 · $90,390 · Bachelor’s degree
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.38, higher than 99% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 27-3023 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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