Roles within broadcast journalism
The TV gallery at New Broadcasting House in London during a news broadcast
A producer oversees the making of a TV or radio programme, making sure that all the output is produced to a high standard.
A producer of a news or current affairs programme coordinates the content, working in collaboration with presenters or other programme contributors.
They decide on the structure of the broadcast and the A document listing the order in which stories will appear on a news programme, it will contain key details about each of the reports. of news. They manage the team to make sure everyone knows what they’re doing.
As they have overall control and responsibility for the show, producers will keep an eye out for any potential legal problems.
鶹Լ news presenter Reeta Chakrabarti
A presenter is the voice (radio) or face (TV) of the show. He or she welcomes the audience to the show, interviews guests, reads news, shares information, reads off autocues, and prompts audience participation.
In TV news, a studio news presenter is sometimes called an anchor: like a ship’s anchor, they have a stabilising role.
A reporter reports on news. Like any other news journalist, broadcast reporters source, research and write stories. However, interviews are always recorded or filmed and rather than writing a print story, a reporter writes a script for a news package.
Broadcast journalism also requires a sound technician who is responsible for all sound recorded. TV news requires a camera crew.
Within the camera crew the camera operator sets up cameras and shoots interviews and scenes. A grip is the person who looks after the equipment required to make a TV camera move.