Newspaper reporter "topped" the list of CareerCast.com's ranking of the 200 worst jobs in America.
In its comment about the lowly ranking, CareerCast reports: "Readership has steadily moved from print publications, whether they be newspapers or magazine, in favor of online outlets. The resulting decline in advertising revenue has left newspapers-and thus, newspaper reporters feeling the pinch."
It does note the skills of reporters "translate into fields with more promising, long-term outlooks such as public relations, which ranked No. 121 behind the tied nurse/recruiter jobs and ahead of elementary school teacher.
CareerCast says reporters earn $35,267 per-year in a field that has a -13.1 hiring outlook. PR people earn $191,144 in a profession with a 12.4 hiring rating.
Lumberjack, soldier and cook are the jobs ahead of reporter, according to the poll that measured work environment, stress level, income and hiring outlook.
CareerCast's five best jobs are actuary, audiologist, mathematician, statistician and biomedical engineer.
Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post offers this retort today: "The honest truth is that journalism is really damn fun most of the time. That doesn't mean -- this is for you, haters -- that we don't take what we do seriously. We do. But, a profession where you get to not only engage in the daily conversation around politics, pop culture (or whatever) but also write about it for some broader group of people is pretty hard to beat."
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