Automation index
Can AI do a Journalist’s job?
Today an AI can already prep materials, sort notes, and write a first summary. The class, the source, and the patient still need someone in the room.
No number on this site decides whether someone keeps or loses their job.
IS WORK OVER?
Journalist
30%
AI or a robot can already do 30% of this job.
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Where the week goes
Score = Σ (weight × saving). Weights are our frequency estimate, not an O*NET time %. Saving is separate evidence or estimate.
Task weights are our estimate from O*NET frequency (FT). O*NET does not publish share of the week.
| Task | Share | AI | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers.
EstimateNo public source pins this saving. It is an estimate from the method. |
7% | 28% | +2 |
Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information.
EstimateNo public source pins this saving. It is an estimate from the method. |
7% | 48% | +3.4 |
Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats.
EstimateNo public source pins this saving. It is an estimate from the method. |
6% | 22% | +1.3 |
Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.
EstimateNo public source pins this saving. It is an estimate from the method. |
6% | 28% | +1.7 |
Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.
EstimateNo public source pins this saving. It is an estimate from the method. |
5% | 28% | +1.4 |
Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.
EstimateNo public source pins this saving. It is an estimate from the method. |
5% | 48% | +2.4 |
Present news stories, and introduce in-depth videotaped segments or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters.
EstimateNo public source pins this saving. It is an estimate from the method. |
5% | 22% | +1.1 |
Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas.
EstimateNo public source pins this saving. It is an estimate from the method. |
4% | 28% | +1.1 |
Other less frequent tasks (weight estimated from frequency).
EstimateNo public source pins this saving. It is an estimate from the method. |
55% | 28% | +15.4 |
| Total | 100% | 30% |
Modelled week 100% · Public evidence 0% · Estimate 100% · Confidence: Low
Occupation sources · O*NET 27-3023.00 · ESCO/ISCO 2642