Headline risk
26%
Moderate RiskContent Creator
AI displacement pressure score based on US employment data, wages, and demand signals. Built from 4 related occupations weighted by relevance.
Why this score
76% of tasks overlap with current AI
54% human advantage from judgment & presence
58% demand buffer from the local labour market
These factors interact with each other — the final score is not a simple sum of these bars.
Share of tasks AI can handle today
Work that requires human presence or coordination
How strong local hiring demand is for this role
How complete the underlying data is
Workflow profile
How this role's daily work breaks down across different dimensions.
Workflow dimensions (0 = low, 1 = high)
US employment data
Employment overview
Share of job tasks AI can currently perform
Annual median wage
Projected employment change 2024–2034
Education and training typically needed
Key metrics
Job zone
4The occupation usually needs substantial preparation and experience.
Median wage
USD 60,280USD 40,420 to USD 97,460
Openings
4.1K-3.9% projected change
Median age
41.486K employed
What this job involves
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.
Entry requirements: Moderate preparation
The occupation usually needs substantial preparation and experience.
Wage context
Median annual
USD 60,280
Mean annual
USD 106,030
10th percentile: USD 34,590
25th percentile: USD 40,420
75th percentile: USD 97,460
90th percentile: USD 162,430
Hourly median: USD 29
Employment: 41,550 workers
Demand outlook
Current employment
49.3K
Projected employment
47.4K
Openings: 4.1K
Projected change: -3.9%
Education: Bachelor's degree
Work experience: None
On-the-job training: None
Median wage: USD 60,280
Employment of news analysts, reporters, and journalists is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Workforce profile
Based on a survey of workers currently in this occupation.
Protects from AI displacement
- Can telework <0.5% of workers
- License required 15.1% of workers
Supports career resilience
- Verbal interaction 79.7% of workers
Typical background
- Certificate <10% of workers
Other characteristics
- Specific vocational preparation <10% of workers
- Adaptability: Work schedule variability 78.2% of workers
- Pace: Control of workload 84.9% of workers
- Work reviewed <5% of workers
Day-to-day work
News analysts, reporters, and journalists keep the public updated about current events and noteworthy information.
Most news analysts, reporters, and journalists work for newspaper, website, or magazine publishers or in television or radio broadcasting. Others are self-employed. Most work full time, and their schedules vary.
News analysts, reporters, and journalists typically need a bachelor’s degree to enter the occupation. Internship or work experience on a college newspaper, radio station, or television station also may be helpful.
Key tasks
- 1. Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas. · AI can do 0%
- 2. Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information. · AI can do 97%
- 3. Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information. · AI can do 0%
- 4. Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story. · AI can do 0%
- 5. Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members. · AI can do 0%
- 6. Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information. · AI can do 0%
Tools commonly used
Work environment
- Time Pressure 4.9/5
- E-Mail 4.8/5
- Contact With Others 4.6/5
- Freedom to Make Decisions 4.6/5
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate 4.5/5
- Telephone Conversations 4.5/5
Who does this work
Median age: 41.4
86K employed · Under 25: 9% · 25–54: 63% · 55+: 29%
Data sources: O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Component occupations
News analysts, reporters, and journalists
27-3023 · 30% weight
Journalist
Support bundle: Moderate preparation
Web and digital interface designers
15-1255 · 30% weight
Multimedia designer
Support bundle: Moderate preparation
Public relations specialists
27-3031 · 20% weight
Digital marketing professional
Support bundle: Moderate preparation
How this score works
The score measures how much this role's tasks overlap with current AI capabilities, adjusted for human-only requirements and local job market demand. This is a structural pressure estimate, not a prediction of job losses. Learn how scores work →