Ever-shrinking newsrooms, dwindling budgets and competition
from Internet businesses have created very difficult conditions for newspaper
reporters, which has been ranked as this year's worst job, according to the
CareerCast.com Jobs Rated report.
Consumers can access online news outlets almost anywhere
thanks to technological advancements, which are threatening the existence of
traditional print newspapers. As a result, the number of reporter jobs is
projected to fall 6% by 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS), while average pay is expected to continue its decline.
The Newspaper Association of America, via the Pew Research
Center, estimates that the industry earned approximately $49.2 billion in 2006.
By 2011, that total had dropped by well over half to $23.9 billion taking many
jobs with it, including thousands of newspaper reporter positions.
Editor & Publisher reports a steady decline in the
number of daily newspapers since 1985, when there were 1,730 in circulation.
The industry held steady near 1,450 in the mid-2000s, but closures in the
latter half of the decade left the nation with a low of 1,382 dailies.
Best Jobs:
1. Actuary
2. Biomedical Engineer
3. Software Engineer
4. Audiologist
5. Financial Planner
6. Dental Hygienist
7. Occupational Therapist
8. Optometrist
9. Physical Therapist
10. Computer Systems Analyst
Worst Jobs (Going up from worst):
200. Newspaper Reporter
199. Lumberjack
198. Enlisted Military Personnel
197. Actor
196. Oil Rig Worker
195. Dairy Farmer
194. Meter Reader
193. Mail Carrier
192. Roofer
191. Flight Attendant
See Complete Ranking of Top 200 Jobs, Click Here.
The jobs were ranked on five criteria: physical demands; work environment; income; stress; and hiring outlook. For more on Methodology, Click Here.
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