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News Reporting and Production MCM
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LESSON
31
QUALITIES
OF A NEWS PRODUCER
A
successful journalist, a flourishing
newsman and a booming media practitioner
has to know
something
of everything and in a way
everything of something. They
should have some knowledge
of
law,
religion, war, science,
business, politics, economics, trade
and commerce.
S/he
should be interested in philosophy,
music, paintings, fine arts,
and other cultural
activities. In fact a
producer
general knowledge, because the more the
general knowledge possesses, the better
equipped, he
or
she will be for journalistic
work.
A
news producer should be a voracious
reader of a newspaper, magazines,
journals and periodical. In
fact
there is no end to knowledge and as for as the
knowledge of a journalist is concerned,
sky is the
limit.
Therefore the one should try to
learn every new thing
which comes in his way. He
should have a
very
strong desire for learning
new subjects and new things
to increase the knowledge.
The
following are the qualities
and characteristics to be a news
producer. Some of the qualities
can be
inculcated,
some can be improved, but
still there are certain
qualities which are inborn
and a person
needs
to have them to be a media man.
·
Determination
·
Knowledge
·
Awareness
·
Imaginative
·
Sense
of humour and wit
·
Inquisitiveness
·
Sharp
an active
·
Curious
·
Observation
·
Social
and sociable
·
Active
and Dynamic
·
Well
informed
·
Courteous
and well behaved
·
Intelligence
·
Specialized
in the beat
·
Law-abiding
·
Qualified
·
Creative
and Innovative
·
Decisive
Determination
The
news producer should have a resolution to
dig out the details of an
event in spite of the hurdles.
Knowledge
S/he
should have an interest in current news
and issues.
Awareness
S/he
must have awareness of what
all is happening
around.
Imaginative
S/he
should have a dynamic and imaginative
mind and visualization
power.
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Sense
of humour and wit
S/he
should have good sense of
humour.
Inquisitiveness
S/he
should have inquisitiveness about
news. S/he should have urge to
know.
Sharp
an active
Television
is a fast kind of medium where the news
can not be delayed and is to be
put on air as early
as
the
incident takes place. Owing to
this limited and challenging
time margin, the news producer
needs to
be
very active, sharp, and prepared
before hand.
Curious
A
good news producer is one who
has an ability to smell the
news in any apparently
normal and
ordinary
event. He needs to be curious about the
things behind the
curtain.
Observation
Unless
a news producer's observation is
sharp and outstanding, s/he is
unable to smell something
newsworthy
in any happening.
Social
and sociable
A
good news producer is the one who
enjoys a good repute in the society and
cultivates healthy
relations
with officials of important
status in almost all important
departments and walks of life.
His
strong
relations make him obtain
news in time and without
applying extra
efforts.
Active
and Dynamic
A
news producer is the one who is always
active and ready to be assigned
any task of news
gathering.
Well
informed
A
news producer is a man of information. He
is not only supposed to have
information about
important
happenings
in the world, capitals of different countries,
facts and figures of different
national and
international
issues, national and international
economic trends, but also it is
imperative for him to
have
knowledge
of the basics of almost all social
sciences. A good news producer
though can not be
master
of
all, but he has to be the
jack of all trades.
Courteous
and well behaved
The
profession a news producer has opted
for, demands him to be
sharp, active, shrewd and
sometimes
cunning
as well but it does not
imply at all that he is
required to display ill-mannerism. He
needs to be
polite,
well behaved, courteous, lively, refined
and easygoing kind of
person.
Intelligence
The
news producer should be intelligent
enough to make the right
decision on the right times as the
process
of news production is a hectic and a
challenging job.
Specialized
in the beat
S/He
should have familiarity with the
area of his
investigation
Law-abiding
Should
know the code of ethics and be acquainted
with the media norms.
Qualified
The
news producer should be qualified
from a recognized educational
institution; normally they
are
masters
in Mass Communication, Media studies or
communication studies.
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Creative
and Innovative
The
creativity is the uniqueness of media and a producer
should be able to create new
ideas in
production
and to innovate from the
existing material.
Decisive
The
gathering of news, preparation of
bulletins and presentation of newscast is a
job of meeting hard
deadlines
so and deciding.
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