Also called: Health Reporter, Science Journalist
Reports news about health, medicine, and science for the public.
Interviews researchers about a new study, reads the actual paper to check if the headlines are overhyped, and writes a story explaining it for regular readers or produces a podcast episode.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in journalism or a science.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Journalism, Biology, Communications.
Shrinking (about -4% over 10 years). News industry shrinking overall.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI churns out study summaries and news briefs, shrinking newsroom jobs; investigative reporting and checking hype stay human.
Classes: Journalism, AP English, AP Biology, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-3023.
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