Headline risk
26%
Moderate RiskContent Creator
This page reuses the same role shell as Singapore, but the component occupations are mapped onto the United States layer so the score, context, and support bundle reflect US public evidence.
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 combine multiplicatively — larger bars do not mean proportionally larger contributions to the final score.
Weighted overlap across component occupations
Human coordination and physical presence protection
Blended local-market buffer for this role
Component coverage and mapping quality
Workflow profile
Heuristic workflow context blended from the role mix. This explains the score; it is not used as a direct local-market forecast.
Workflow dimensions (0 = low, 1 = high)
United States support
Evidence bundle
Weighted task overlap from O*NET statements and Anthropic penetration
Median annual wage from BLS OEWS
Employment projections and openings from BLS
Preparation and entry requirements from O*NET and BLS
Support snapshot
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
Occupation profile
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.
Job Zone 4 · Moderate preparation
The occupation usually needs substantial preparation and experience.
Task primitives
Matched task weight share: 100% · Effective coverage: 14%
Concentration: 26%
Wage context
Median annual
USD 60,280
Mean annual
USD 106,030
Hourly median: USD 29
Employment: 41,550 workers
10th percentile: USD 34,590
90th percentile: USD 162,430
Demand outlook
2024 employment
49.3K
2034 employment
47.4K
Openings: 4.1K
Projected change: -3.9%
Education: Bachelor's degree
Work experience: None
On-the-job training: None
Median wage in projections: USD 60,280
Employment of news analysts, reporters, and journalists is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Requirements and friction
Telework: <0.5% · Telework: >99.5% · Credentials: 15.1%
Narrative and skills
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.
The median annual wage for news analysts, reporters, and journalists was $60,280 in May 2024.
Employment of news analysts, reporters, and journalists is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Jobs: 49,300
Median pay: USD 60,280
Employment outlook: Employment of news analysts, reporters, and journalists is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Openings: -1,900
Tasks and tools
- 1. Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas. · AI use 0%
- 2. Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information. · AI use 97%
- 3. Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information. · AI use 0%
- 4. Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story. · AI use 0%
- 5. Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members. · AI use 0%
- 6. Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information. · AI use 0%
Work context
- 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
Tech density
6/6
6 hot · 0 in demand
Work pace
4.7/5
Average of the strongest work-context signals.
Worker profile
Median age: 41.4
Total employed: 86K · Under 25: 9% · 25 to 54: 63% · 55+: 29%
Support note
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.
Source vintage
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
Methodology
Shared spine
structural_pressure = exposure × (1 - bottleneck)
Country layer
headline_risk = structural_pressure × (1 - country_demand_resilience)
Published limitations
This is a synthetic role view built from mapped occupations. It reuses the same shell and visual components as the Singapore role pages, but only the US sources that actually exist are rendered here.