News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in design, media, and writing, not always this occupation's tasks.

Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

• OSWorld 2.0by HKU and Snorkel AIProject level · Binary completion rate (full set, 500 steps)

  44.3%Claude Opus 5 (max, batch tool) · 17 Sep 2026

  Emerging
• OSWorld-Verifiedby HKU, Salesforce AI Research, Carnegie Mellon University and University of WaterlooTask level · Success rate

  90.2%Intelligence-Indeed Agent · 25 Jul 2026

  Saturated

Context only

These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.

• GDPvalby OpenAIProject level · Wins plus ties against experts

  84.9%GPT-5.5 · Apr 2026

  Strong
• GDPval-AAby Artificial AnalysisProject level · GDPval-AA Elo

  1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026

  Unrated
• Remote Labor Indexby CAIS and Scale AIProject level · Automation rate

  15.8%Claude Fable 5 · 1 Jul 2026

  Open

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

• Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.
• Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.
• Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.
• Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.
• Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information.
• Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories.
• Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats.
• Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education.
• Review and evaluate notes taken about news events to isolate pertinent facts and details.
• Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas.
• Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts.
• Determine a published or broadcasted story's emphasis, length, and format, organizing material accordingly.