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News Reporting and Production MCM
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LESSON
33
ASSIGNMENT/NEWS
EDITOR
The
assignment editor is one who
assigns and monitors the activities of
reporters,
camera
crew and
other
people in the field, works
closely with the news
producer. Since speed id important in
telecast
news,
there is great pressure on the assignment
editor to get crews to the story in the
shortest amount of
time.
Then
of course, there are the
glamour jobs like on-air
reporters and anchors. Most reporters in
telecast
news
function as general assignment reporters,
although the large market stations
might have one or two
regularly
assigned to a beat, such as the
entertainment scene. In many stations,
anchors occasionally do
the
field reports, but most of the
times they perform their
work in the studios, preparing the
upcoming
newscast.
In
addition to people seen on
camera, there are quite a
few workers whom no one
sees or hears.
Photographers
or cameramen accompany reporters to shoot the videos.
Tape
editors trim
the footage
into
the segments that fit within
the time allotted to the story.
Big stations also have news
writers and
production
assistants who pull slides
and arrange other visual
needed during the news
cast.
Obviously
the chain of gatekeepers in the telecast
news is a long and complicated one,
starting from the
assignment
editor and ending with the
anchor, usually more than a
half-dozen people have some say,
so
over
the final shape of the
newscast.
Sometimes,
the way a story ends up
might be drastically different
from the way it started at
he
beginning
of the gatekeeper chain, it is not unusual
for a reporter to work all
day on a story and then
be
told
by a producer that the story will get
only seconds of
airtime.
News
editor is one
who supervises all the
producers in the news room.
Typically producers are
assigned
to
the early
morning,
morning,
noon,
evening,
night, and
late-night
newscast.
In addition to looking
after
the producer, News
editor might
also produce the evening news,
typically the stations
most
important
programme.
Organization
of a TV news room
News
director
Executive
producer
Assignment
editor
Producers
Reporters
Editors
An
assignment editor has to
take care of all the
preparation of news, so while
writing news
following
points
should be remembered.
Accuracy
The
first essential of news
writing is accuracy.
Fairness
and Reliability
Every
reporter should remember
that a news channel reputation
for fairness and reliable rests
upon an
accurate
presentation of the facts.
Factual
position
The
number and class of people who
would be interested in them as well as the
need for telecasting
them
while they still have news
value should also be kept in
mind.
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Nearness
and proximity
The
geographical nearness of an event
does add to interest.
Conflict
The
readers have a lot of interest in all
sorts of conflict or
contests.
Suspense
and mystery
The
suspense and mystery also
keeps the viewers glued to the
television channels.
Oddity
and novelty
The
odd and novel news items
have more human interest.
Prominence
The
big names make big
news, is the key rule while
selecting the news items.
Consequence
The
result of a particular event on
public or a specific group of
people makes the news
mention-worthy.
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