AI Career Radar

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.

AI exposure35 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation30
Freedom to set tasks88
Repeating the same tasks65
$62,200Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-5.9%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
56Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
88
Speaking
63
81
Critical Thinking
63
78
Monitoring
63
56
Judgment and Decision Making
63
56
Active Learning
62
69
Coordination
62
60
Complex Problem Solving
62
60
Reading Comprehension
61
85
Time Management
61
66
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
75
Social Perceptiveness
60
69
Learning Strategies
58
38
Instructing
58
35
Systems Analysis
57
38
Service Orientation
56
47
Systems Evaluation
56
38
Persuasion
54
56
Mathematics
53
22
Negotiation
52
44
Science
52
3
Management of Personnel Resources
50
38
Operations Analysis
49
9
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
19
Technology Design
47
16
Management of Financial Resources
47
16
Management of Material Resources
47
16
Equipment Selection
47
3
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Troubleshooting
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
19
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
19
Operation and Control
43
16

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
21%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Service Orientation

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
22%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$100,580
10-yr growth
+11.7%
Skill gap
16%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Service Orientation, Instructing, Social Perceptiveness

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$97,870
10-yr growth
+16.6%
Skill gap
21%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Service Orientation

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
30%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Instructing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.