News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and CommunicationsO*NET 27-3023.00United States
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.
- Median annual earnings
- $59,067
- Projected change
- −1.6%
- Typical education
- Bachelor's degree
- Employment
- 47.78K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
67.2% of the workforce
Growing to 47K by 2035
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The work
What news analysts, reporters, and journalists do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers.
- Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.
- Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.
- Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information.
- Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas.
- Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.
- Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.
- Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.
- Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats.
- Present news stories, and introduce in-depth videotaped segments or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters.
- Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information.
- Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.
- Revise work to meet editorial approval or to fit time or space requirements.
- Review and evaluate notes taken about news events to isolate pertinent facts and details.
- Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories.
- Review written, audio, or video copy, and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines.
- Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education.
- Determine a published or broadcasted story's emphasis, length, and format, organizing material accordingly.
- Transmit news stories or reporting information from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones, telephones, fax machines, or modems.
- Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts.
- Discuss issues with editors to establish priorities or positions.
- Photograph or videotape news events.
- Present live or recorded commentary via broadcast media.
- Take pictures or video, and process them for inclusion in a story.
- Conduct taped or filmed interviews or narratives.
- Develop ideas or material for columns or commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues, or personal experiences.
- Communicate with readers, viewers, advertisers, or the general public via mail, email, or telephone.
- Write online blog entries that address news developments or offer additional information, opinions, or commentary on news events.
- Assign stories to other reporters or duties to production staff.
- Write columns, editorials, commentaries, or reviews that interpret events or offer opinions.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $31,931
- 25th percentile
- $40,975
- 50th percentile
- $59,067
- 75th percentile
- $94,032
- 90th percentile
- $144,632
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $59,067 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
−1.6%projected to decline
202547,784 jobs
2035 projected47,000 jobs
784 fewer positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Bachelor's degree
- 67.2%
- High school diploma or less
- 22.9%
- Some college
- 6.5%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 3.4%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Reporters1,072 postings
- 02Multimedia Journalists710 postings
- 03News Reporters355 postings
- 04Sports Reporters195 postings
- 05General Assignment Reporters191 postings
- 06Anchors/Reporters185 postings
- 07News Anchors165 postings
- 08Staff Writers145 postings
- 09Investigative Reporters144 postings
- 10News Anchors/Reporters142 postings
- 11Breaking News Reporters107 postings
- 12Anchors104 postings
- 13Sports Anchors/Reporters97 postings
- 14Reporters/Multimedia Journalists85 postings
- 15Journalists69 postings
- 16Education Reporters59 postings
- 17Business Reporters56 postings
- 18High School Sports Reporters56 postings
- 19Correspondents53 postings
- 20Anchors/Multimedia Journalists52 postings
Top employers
- 01Nexstar Media Group348 postings
- 02Graymedia257 postings
- 03Gannett190 postings
- 04Sinclair Broadcast Group178 postings
- 05TEGNA127 postings
- 06Hearst122 postings
- 07USA Today120 postings
- 08Fox News Network118 postings
- 09NBC117 postings
- 10Gray Television113 postings
- 11Hearst Media Services102 postings
- 12Hearst Television87 postings
- 13Lee Enterprises86 postings
- 14Icrossing83 postings
- 15Spectrum75 postings
- 16Crain Communications66 postings
- 17E.W. Scripps58 postings
- 18Tribune Publishing54 postings
- 19Cox Media Group51 postings
- 20DallasNews Corporation51 postings
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