News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media · SOC 27-3023
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 27-3023 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 21.0%
- High · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 30/100
- Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $62,200
- H-1B offered wage $65,374; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- —
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -3.9%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 82
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 790 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
Best transitions from here
Explore all pathways→Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).
AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~65% of this role but only ~21% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work 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.
Common titles: Anchor, News Anchor, News Reporter, Radio News Anchor, Radio Talk Show Host, Reporter
Representative Tasks
- •Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers.
- •Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.
- •Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.
- •Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information.
- •Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Report news to the public.
- •Coordinate reporting or editing activities.
- •Write informational material.
- •Analyze information obtained from news sources.
- •Determine presentation subjects or content.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 21.0% | 18.3% |
| Outlook | Average | 18% Bright |
| Median Salary | $62,200 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 79/100 | N/A |