Job Check
Editors
Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Write text, such as headlines, stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters.No rating yet
- 03Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.AI could speed this up a lot
- 04Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss25%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
65%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 98% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.
AI tools for your work
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