Journalists
Periodistas
6.5
AI exposure: High
6.5 / 10
Theoretical estimate — not a prediction
Employees
19K
Average salary
36,835 €
Exposed wage index
467M €
employment × salary × score
Score sub-components
D
Displacement potential 9
C
Current AI capability 8
F
Physical barrier 2
R
Regulatory friction 1.2
Formula:
(D*C/10)*(1-F/20)*(1-R/20) Rescored: 5 → 6.5 Automation vector
Journalism involves investigating news, interviewing, and writing reports, operating in a high-speed digital environment. AI already writes brief news stories on sports or finance and analyzes large databases for investigative journalism (computational journalism). Ethical field journalism, obtaining trusted testimonies, and interpreting the local political context still require the human street reporter.
Automation vector (Spanish)
El periodismo implica investigar noticias, entrevistar y redactar crónicas, operando en un entorno digital de alta velocidad. La IA ya redacta noticias breves sobre deportes o finanzas y analiza grandes bases de datos para el periodismo de investigación (computational journalism). El periodismo ético de campo, la obtención de testimonios de confianza y la interpretación del contexto político local siguen necesitando al reportero humano de calle.
Augmentation EU AI Act: Limited risk Employment confidence: A
Source: LFS Q4 2025, INE Census 2021, SEPE 2024 · Methodology v30 · CC BY 4.0 · Authors: Álvaro de Nicolás, Miguel Sureda