A task performed by News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers.
Technically, much of it, experts rate AI capability 3.5/5, but workers don't want it automated (desire 2.38/5). It's an Automation Red Light: proceed with care.
Do you want this task automated?
How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 8 workers).
How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 2 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 work50%
- It's repetitive25%
- Reduces human error25%
- Helps handle larger scale25%
How to automate this
Doable with technology, but keep a person clearly in charge.
Data entry & documentation
Capture it once, then let software reuse and fill the rest.
- 1List every field you re-type when you write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers, then turn it into a template, saved reply, or form default.
- 2Collect input through a form so it arrives already structured, with no transcription.
- 3Use a no-code automation to copy data between your tools (Zapier, Make, Power Automate).
Tools that can help
Know a better way, or spot an error?
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This is 1 of 10 tasks studied for News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists, where workers want 10% of tasks automated.
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