# Editors

> Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.

- **SOC code:** 27-3041.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-3041-00
- **Also known as:** Editor, News Editor, Newspaper Copy Editor, Sports Editor, Acquisitions Editor, Business Editor, Features Editor, Legal Editor
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
- Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
- Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.
- Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.
- Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
- Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements.
- Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors.
- Write text, such as stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters.
- Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters.
- Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories.
- Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.
- Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production.

**Emerging tasks** (O*NET):
- Respond to questions from the public.
- Write text, such as headlines, stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Reading Comprehension _(essential_skill)_
- Written Comprehension _(ability)_
- English Language _(knowledge)_
- Written Expression _(ability)_
- Communications and Media _(knowledge)_
- Writing _(essential_skill)_
- Oral Comprehension _(ability)_
- Oral Expression _(ability)_
- Active Listening _(essential_skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(essential_skill)_
- Fluency of Ideas _(ability)_
- Near Vision _(ability)_

**Skills in demand:**
- Reading Comprehension _(Common Skill)_
- English Language _(Common Skill)_
- Writing _(Common Skill)_
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(Common Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Word _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft PowerPoint _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Outlook _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Excel _(Common Skill)_
- Deductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Adobe Photoshop _(Specialized Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Adobe Photoshop _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Hypertext markup language HTML _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Microsoft Excel _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Microsoft Office software _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Microsoft Outlook _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Microsoft PowerPoint _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Microsoft Word _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Adobe Acrobat _(hot technology)_
- Adobe After Effects _(hot technology)_
- Adobe Creative Cloud software _(hot technology)_
- Adobe Illustrator _(hot technology)_
- Adobe InDesign _(hot technology)_

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 93rd percentile (High) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.):** 79th percentile (High) — source: felten_aioe.
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 84th percentile (High) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 98th percentile (High) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Frey–Osborne (2013, historical computerization estimate):** 24th percentile — kept separate from current-era studies.
- **Remote-capable (Dingel–Neiman):** yes — task structure, not who actually works remote.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** 0.6% growth (About average); 9.8k annual openings; 115.8k → 116.5k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median $75,260; 95,480 employed.

## How people actually use AI here

Anthropic Economic Index — measured AI conversations mapped to this occupation's tasks:

- **Automation vs augmentation:** 31% automation, 68% augmentation (usage-weighted).
- **Autonomy median:** 4.0 (higher = AI acts more independently).
- **Dominant collaboration mode:** task iteration.

**Tasks most handed to AI here:**
- Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work. _(135.1% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication. _(12.8% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production. _(4.8% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Make manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher. _(1.0% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal. _(0.6% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location. _(0.3% of measured AI use; directive)_

**Example prompts (honest phrasings of the tasks above — starting points, not endorsed instructions):**
- Help me prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
- Help me read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.
- Help me review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production.
- Help me make manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher.
- Help me develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE
- **Frey & Osborne (2013)** (frey-osborne-automation) — academic. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/the-future-of-employment/
- **Dingel & Neiman (2020)** (dingel-neiman-workathome) — academic. https://github.com/jdingel/DingelNeiman-workathome

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-3041-00_