Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.

“Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.” is a core task performed by Editors. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#17 most important). About 71% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax. · importance 4.5
• Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources. · importance 4.5
• Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication. · importance 4.5
• Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal. · importance 4.4
• Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work. · importance 4.3
• Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements. · importance 4.2
• Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors. · importance 4.1
• Write text, such as stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters. · importance 4.1
• Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters. · importance 4.1
• Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories. · importance 4.1
• Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements. · importance 4.1
• Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production. · importance 4.0
• Select local, state, national, and international news items received from wire services, based on assessment of items' significance and interest value. · importance 3.9
• Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Editors page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-1785,
  title  = {Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-1785}
}