A task performed by News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Develop ideas or material for columns or commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues, or personal experiences.
Probably not worth it. Both worker desire (2.67/5) and AI capability (3.33/5) are on the low side. It sits in the Low Priority zone.
How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 3 workers).
How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 3 experts).
How much human involvement should stay?
The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.
Why workers feel the way they do
- Frees up time for higher-value work33%
- Reduces human error33%
- Helps handle larger scale33%
How to automate this
Low priority to automate, but here is the gist if you want to try.
Analyzing & processing data
Let the spreadsheet or a BI tool do the math and the charts.
- 1Build it once with formulas and pivot tables instead of recalculating by hand.
- 2Connect a free dashboard so reports refresh themselves (Looker Studio, Power BI).
- 3Use AI to summarise the findings, but keep the numbers in the spreadsheet.
Tools that can help
Know a better way, or spot an error?
Share how you automate this in real life, or correct the data. Reviewed before publishing.
This is 1 of 10 tasks studied for News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists, where workers want 10% of tasks automated.
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