Declining
Media
Journalist
#47Declining
Key facts
−5.9%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: high according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −5.9% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Investigates, checks and writes news for print, radio, television or the web.
177 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- advice columnist
- architecture & design critic
- architecture critic
- art critic
- arts journalist
- arts reporter
- assistant editor
- beauty vlogger
- blog content writer
- blog writer
- blogger
- broadcast news editor
- business & economics journalist
- business & economics reporter
- business & finance journalist
- business and economics journalist
- business and economics reporter
- business and finance journalist
- business correspondent
- business journalist
- business reporter
- business writer
- chief editor
- cinema critic
- columnist
- commentator
- copy editor
- copy editor/fact checker
- copy-editor
- correspondent
- crime & critical events journalist
- crime & defence correspondent
- crime and critical events journalist
- crime and defence correspondent
- crime correspondent
- crime journalist
- crime reporter
- crime writer
- critic
- digital news editor
- digital sports journalist
- drinks blogger
- economic journalist
- economic reporter
- editor in chief
- editor-in-chief
- editor/fact checker
- editorial assistant
- editorial director
- editorial opinion columnist
- entertainment correspondent
- entertainment journalist
- entertainment reporter
- event reporter
- executive director of editorial
- executive editor
- executive editorial director
- fact checker
- fact-checker
- fashion blogger
- fashion vlogger
- features editor
- film & entertainment journalist
- film and entertainment journalist
- film critic
- film journalist
- financial journalist
- food blogger
- food columnist
- food critic
- foreign affairs correspondent
- foreign business correspondent
- foreign correspondent
- foreign journalist
- foreign news correspondent
- foreign reporter
- forensic journalist
- game critic
- gossip columnist
- graphics editor
- head blogger
- head editor
- health blogger
- humor columnist
- image editor
- international correspondent
- international news director
- investigative journalist
- journalist
- journalist specialising in EU politics
- journalist specialising in global politics
- journalist specialising in international politics
- journalist specialising in US politics
- journalist/fact checker
- language editor
- lifestyle blogger
- lifestyle vlogger
- literary critic
- live event journalist
- live reporter
- magazine editor
- magazine features editor
- magazine journalist
- magazine supplements editor
- managing editor
- music critic
- music journalist
- news anchor
- news director
- news editor
- news writer
- newspaper editor
- newspaper graphics editor
- newspaper news editor
- night news editor
- on-line business journalist
- on-line content writer
- on-line sports journalist
- on-line video columnist
- on-the-scene reporter
- photo editor
- photograph editor
- picture editor
- picture selector and organiser
- picture selector and organizer
- political analyst
- political columnist
- political commentator
- political correspondent
- political journalist
- political reporter
- politics reporter
- radio editor
- radio journalist
- radio news editor
- radio reporter
- radio sports journalist
- red carpet reporter
- reporter
- researcher/fact checker
- reviewer
- science journalist
- senior business journalist
- senior columnist
- senior copy editor
- senior crime journalist
- sport journalist
- sports blogger
- sports broadcast journalist
- sports commentator
- sports correspondent
- sports editor
- sports journalist
- sports journalist & commentator
- sports journalist and commentator
- sports reporter
- television critic
- television news director
- television news editor
- theater critic
- theatre critic
- theatre reporter
- travel blogger
- travel vlogger
- TV critic
- tv news director
- TV news editor
- vegan food blogger
- video blogger
- video podcaster
- video weblogger
- vlogger
- vlogger & blogger
- vlogger and blogger
- web editor
- web video columnist
- writer/fact checker
What next?
Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.
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Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.
Gauges
Risk 5/5 · Very high
AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (high)
Employment outlookSharp declineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (News analysts, reporters, and journalists)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $62,200
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.