TV
News Reporting and Production MCM
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VU
LESSON
27
BEATS
OF REPORTING
Reporters
attend the respective offices of their
news channels and check the
development in their
relevant
beat, areas of interest and
sectors before they proceed
to field for the gathering of
news, which
ultimately
becomes the part of a news
bulletin.
These
reporters in general are called the staff
reporters however they may be
named according to
their
duties
and beats as well. There are
following beats of a television
reporter.
1.
City
reporter
2.
Social
reporters
3.
Crime
reporter
4.
Political
reporter
5.
Court
reporter
6.
Health
reporter
7.
Agricultural
reporter
8.
Religious
reporter
9.
Commerce
reporter
10.
Education
reporter
11.
Social
reporter
12.
Show-biz
reporter
13.
Sports
reporter
14.
Women
reporter
15.
Youth
reporter
16.
Fashion
reporter
17.
District
reporter
18.
Special
reporter
19.
Cultural
reporter
20.
Development
reporter
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