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Creative & Media · Updated Aug 2026

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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
72/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
57/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information.High
74
Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.High
74
Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats.High
74
Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.High
73
Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.High
73
Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas.High
73
Present news stories, and introduce in-depth videotaped segments or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters.High
74
Review and evaluate notes taken about news events to isolate pertinent facts and details.High
74
Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.High
75
Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information.High
75
Review written, audio, or video copy, and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines.High
75
Revise work to meet editorial approval or to fit time or space requirements.High
75
Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.High
51
Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.High
62
Determine a published or broadcasted story's emphasis, length, and format, organizing material accordingly.Medium
74
Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories.High
74
Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts.Medium
75
Transmit news stories or reporting information from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones, telephones, fax machines, or modems.Medium
71
Discuss issues with editors to establish priorities or positions.Medium
73
Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education.High
75
Communicate with readers, viewers, advertisers, or the general public via mail, email, or telephone.Medium
75
Take pictures or video, and process them for inclusion in a story.Medium
75
Write online blog entries that address news developments or offer additional information, opinions, or commentary on news events.Medium
74
Develop ideas or material for columns or commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues, or personal experiences.Medium
72
Assign stories to other reporters or duties to production staff.Medium
67
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.75
  2. Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information.75
  3. Review written, audio, or video copy, and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines.75
  4. Revise work to meet editorial approval or to fit time or space requirements.75
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.01
  2. Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information.02
  3. Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.03
  4. Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats.04
  5. Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.05
Where else this work leads

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency75
Physical dependency34
Adoption pressure52
Labour-market resilience59
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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