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News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
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.
Other titles employers use
Anchor · News Anchor · News Reporter · Radio News Anchor · Radio Talk Show Host · Reporter · Staff Writer · Television News Anchor (TV News Anchor)
Inside the work
What you would actually do.
6 responsibilities that define the role, before job titles and workplaces change the details.
- 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.
Who it suits
Would this work hold your attention?
This career often appeals to people drawn to creative, analytical and persuading work.
- Creative
- Making, designing, writing, or performing without one set answer
- Analytical
- Investigating questions, testing ideas, and solving problems
- Persuading
- Leading, selling, starting projects, or making a case
Skills and strengths
What you would get good at.
Compare the skills the work relies on, the subjects behind it, and the abilities that make it easier to learn.
Core skills
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Active Listening
- Social Perceptiveness
- Time Management
Subjects to know
- English Language
- Communications and Media
- Law and Government
- Computers and Electronics
- Telecommunications
Useful strengths
- Oral Expression
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Expression
- Speech Clarity
- Written Comprehension
Working day
Picture yourself doing it.
These measures show how much of the day involves people, movement, conversation, and hands-on work.
| Measure | Out of 5 | What that means here |
|---|---|---|
| Close to other people | 3.4 | Shared rooms, but not shoulder to shoulder |
| On your feet | 2.2 | Mostly seated |
| Talking face to face | 4.5 | A regular part of the day |
| Working with your hands | 2.6 | Little of the day |
Tools of the work
Technology you may use.
- Web page creation and editing software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Video creation and editing software
- Analytical or scientific software
- Desktop publishing software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Web platform development software
- Spreadsheet software
Opportunity near you
See where this work is growing.
Choose a state to compare the size of the field, annual openings, and expected hiring change.
- People doing this work
- 7,100
- Job openings each year
- 770
- Expected hiring change, 2022–2032
- 4.4%
Compare every available state
| State | People doing it | Job openings each year | Expected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7,100 | 770 | 4.4% |
| New York | 5,920 | 0 | −9.2% |
| Florida | 3,780 | 410 | — |
| District of Columbia | 2,850 | 310 | 4.8% |
| Texas | 2,720 | 290 | −4.2% |
| Ohio | 2,280 | 230 | −13.6% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,640 | 180 | — |
| New Jersey | 1,300 | 140 | −2.3% |
| Georgia | 1,290 | 130 | −15.7% |
| North Carolina | 1,270 | 140 | −1.6% |
| Indiana | 1,170 | 130 | −2.5% |
| South Carolina | 1,170 | 140 | 21.9% |
| Virginia | 1,130 | 120 | −8.1% |
| Illinois | 1,070 | 110 | −3.6% |
| Colorado | 980 | 100 | −16.2% |
| Washington | 940 | 80 | −12.1% |
| Michigan | 930 | 100 | −12.3% |
| Missouri | 850 | 90 | −1.2% |
| Maryland | 820 | 80 | −10.9% |
| Iowa | 710 | 80 | −4.1% |
| Arizona | 680 | 70 | 3.0% |
| Connecticut | 660 | 70 | −5.7% |
| Wisconsin | 660 | 70 | −7.0% |
| Alabama | 650 | 70 | −4.4% |
| Minnesota | 640 | 70 | −1.5% |
| Nebraska | 610 | 70 | −7.6% |
| Kansas | 520 | 50 | −18.8% |
| Idaho | 510 | 60 | 2.0% |
| Kentucky | 510 | 50 | −10.5% |
| Mississippi | 510 | 60 | 18.6% |
| Oklahoma | 460 | 50 | −4.2% |
| Massachusetts | 420 | 40 | −4.5% |
| Nevada | 420 | 50 | 13.5% |
| Oregon | 390 | 40 | −22.0% |
| Louisiana | 330 | 40 | −2.9% |
| West Virginia | 330 | 40 | 6.5% |
| Arkansas | 320 | 30 | −11.1% |
| South Dakota | 300 | 30 | −6.3% |
| Vermont | 290 | 30 | 3.6% |
| New Mexico | 280 | 30 | — |
| Puerto Rico | 270 | 30 | 8.0% |
| Maine | 260 | 30 | −7.1% |
| Montana | 250 | 30 | −10.7% |
| North Dakota | 230 | 20 | −11.5% |
| Rhode Island | 200 | 20 | — |
| New Hampshire | 190 | 20 | −5.0% |
| Wyoming | 170 | 20 | −5.6% |
| Utah | 150 | 20 | 7.1% |
| Alaska | 110 | 10 | −21.4% |
| Delaware | 60 | 10 | — |
Career to college
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Where to study
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- 623
- Admit rate
- 77%
- Annual cost after aid
- $14,000
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Open college TXThe University of Texas at Austin
- Degrees each year
- 1,068
- Admit rate
- 29%
- Annual cost after aid
- $17,000
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Open college MIMichigan State University
- Degrees each year
- 908
- Admit rate
- 84%
- Annual cost after aid
- $17,000
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Open college PAPennsylvania State University-Main Campus
- Degrees each year
- 757
- Admit rate
- 54%
- Annual cost after aid
- $26,000
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Open college FLUniversity of Florida
- Degrees each year
- 696
- Admit rate
- 24%
- Annual cost after aid
- $7,000
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Open college GAUniversity of Georgia
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- 681
- Admit rate
- 37%
- Annual cost after aid
- $13,000
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Open college ORUniversity of Oregon
- Degrees each year
- 575
- Admit rate
- 85%
- Annual cost after aid
- $18,000
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Open college WIUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
- Degrees each year
- 580
- Admit rate
- 43%
- Annual cost after aid
- $8,000
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