AI exposure: 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.
Reading this score
computed50.3% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists at the 88th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.9 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
No single friction dominates this occupation. The strongest is context at 1.58 out of 3 and the weakest is accountability at 0.48, which is a narrow spread. Where nothing structural stands in the way, exposure tracks capability almost directly, and capability is the thing that changes every quarter.
The most exposed thing this job does is Review written, audio, or video copy, and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation,..., at 93.3%. The least is Conduct taped or filmed interviews or narratives, at 10.0%. A gap of 83.3% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within arts, design, entertainment, sports and media occupations, this one is more exposed than most. The median across the 40 roles in the group is 36.4%, and only 9 of them score higher than this. Occupational families are not uniform, and the spread inside them is often wider than the gap between them.
What would move this score. Of 30 tasks, 18 are currently banded exposed, 8 assisted and 4 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take systems being given deeper access to the organisation's own records and history, which is already happening. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
30 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review written, audio, or video copy, and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines. | 93.3% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 4.39 | exposed |
| Revise work to meet editorial approval or to fit time or space requirements. | 93.3% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 4.27 | exposed |
| Review and evaluate notes taken about news events to isolate pertinent facts and details. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 4.46 | exposed |
| Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 4.41 | exposed |
| Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 4.38 | exposed |
| Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 4.36 | exposed |
| Develop ideas or material for columns or commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues, or personal experiences. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 4.20 | exposed |
| Write online blog entries that address news developments or offer additional information, opinions, or commentary on news events. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 4.01 | exposed |
| Write columns, editorials, commentaries, or reviews that interpret events or offer opinions. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 3.77 | exposed |
| Communicate with readers, viewers, advertisers, or the general public via mail, email, or telephone. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 4.16 | exposed |
| Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats. | 60.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% | 4.50 | exposed |
| Determine a published or broadcasted story's emphasis, length, and format, organizing material accordingly. | 60.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% | 4.41 | exposed |
| Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members. | 60.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% | 4.41 | exposed |
| Discuss issues with editors to establish priorities or positions. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.17 | exposed |
| Present live or recorded commentary via broadcast media. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.23 | exposed |
| Assign stories to other reporters or duties to production staff. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.73 | exposed |
| Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs. | 42.5% | 32.5% | 25.0% | 4.07 | exposed |
| Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events. | 35.0% | 40.0% | 25.0% | 4.85 | assisted |
| Present news stories, and introduce in-depth videotaped segments or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters. | 35.0% | 40.0% | 25.0% | 3.97 | assisted |
| Transmit news stories or reporting information from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones, telephones, fax machines, or modems. | 30.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 4.18 | exposed |
| Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education. | 29.2% | 33.3% | 37.5% | 4.47 | assisted |
| Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 4.80 | assisted |
| Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 4.71 | assisted |
| Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 4.68 | assisted |
| Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 4.53 | assisted |
| Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 4.41 | assisted |
| Take pictures or video, and process them for inclusion in a story. | 20.0% | 17.5% | 62.5% | 4.40 | untouched |
| Photograph or videotape news events. | 15.0% | 10.0% | 75.0% | 4.15 | untouched |
| Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | 4.64 | untouched |
| Conduct taped or filmed interviews or narratives. | 10.0% | 15.0% | 75.0% | 4.33 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.87 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.68 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 1.03 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 0.48 | 0-3 |
| Context | 1.58 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.20 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.