Uses data and charts to tell news stories—and forecasts elections from polls.
Builds an election forecast model, updates it nightly, and writes a story explaining which states are toss-ups.
Estimate.
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, statistics, or political science.
Ways in: 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Journalism, Statistics, Political Science.
Shrinking (about -3% over 10 years). Estimate; journalism is shrinking overall.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI writes routine data stories and charts, and newsrooms keep shrinking; original reporting and forecasting skill stay valued.
Classes: AP Statistics, Journalism or school paper, AP Computer Science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-3023.
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