This might come as no surprise in these tight times of cutbacks and downsizing, but CBS Moneywatch lists "Broadcast Announcer" on its Top Ten list of "will these jobs disappear in 2012." However the spiralling newspaper industry produced a higher ranking on this regrettable list. Ok we're admittedly a fan of electronic media but:
CBS writes of Newspaper Reporter which placed above Broadcast Announcer, "Read it and weep: According to the BLS, a whopping 4,400 jobs will disappear by 2018 (out of 69,400 total in 2008). That's more than three times the number of newsroom employees at The New York Times. The bad news for print can be summed up in one word: Internet. "Some of the print people are finding jobs online," says Lauren Csorny, an economist at the BLS. But there aren't enough to make up for the losses."
Here's their list compiled from Bureau of Labor Stats.
1. Judge
2. Fashion Designer
3. Insurance underwriter
4. Travel Agent
5. Newspaper Reporter
6. Broadcast Announcer
7. Plant Manager
8. Chemist
9. Economist
10. C.E.O.