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US evidence · AI already used for 1 of 10 main tasks · Check another job

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.

10 main tasks · most important first

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Importance

01Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
02Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
03Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
04Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
05Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
06Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
07Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats.People already use AI for this at work
08Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
09Review and evaluate notes taken about news events to isolate pertinent facts and details.AI could speed this up a lot
10Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas.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.

Checked O*NET 31.0, August 2026Corrections

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Where these numbers come from

O*NET 31.0 Database, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), 2026-08. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (observed exposure), Anthropic, 2026-03-05. Licence: CC BY.

Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations (v1.1), Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025-12. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

GPTs are GPTs: labor market impact potential of LLMs (Science, 2024), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023. Licence: MIT.

What work can robots do? (robot exposure index), Anthropic, 2026-09-30. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

This page includes information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. We have modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed or tested these modifications. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. How the Job Check works.

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