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News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

Also known as: Anchor, News Anchor, News Reporter, Radio News Anchor, Radio Talk Show Host
median $62,20010-yr demand -3.9%AI exposure 21/100typical entry Bachelor's degree
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists is mid-paying, AI barely touches it so far, and demand is shrinking.

The full pay distribution

Not one number — the spread from the bottom 10% to the top 10% of filed salaries.

Where it pays the most

Median salary by metro — the bar in amber is the U.S. median for comparison.

How pay grows with experience

From entry to expert, by reported wage level.

How exposed is it to AI?

Two things matter: how much AI is actually used in the role today (right), and how much it could automate in theory (up). AI is already widely used here.
Each faint dot is another occupation. The amber dot is News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists — its position tells you whether the disruption is here yet or still over the horizon.
used today 21/100 automatable in theory 65/100 archetype The Epicenter

Which majors lead here

College paths that commonly feed this career — see each one's full outcomes.
Agricultural Public Services
CIP 01.08
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Communication And Media Studies
CIP 09.01
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Journalism
CIP 09.04
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Radio, Television, And Digital Communication
CIP 09.07
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Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication
CIP 09.09
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How this is built. Median pay and the full distribution come from filed U.S. wage data (BLS OEWS + DOL/LCA filings); AI exposure blends O*NET task content with model-based automation potential; escape routes are computed from skill overlap between occupations, then ranked by how much safer + better-paid the move is. This joins real distributions and projects them forward — it needs the real distributions and the skill graph, not a guess. Figures describe group medians and trends, not any one person's outcome.