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This future famous journalist graduated high school in 2026 and notably acted as the executive producer for WNHS before attending Western Kentucky University.
Who is Isaac Summers?
These people are responsible for reading the news on camera.
Who are the anchors?
This is the shorthand term usually used when talking about video for a news package.
What is b-roll?
Only this person should hold the microphone when conducting an interview.
Who is the reporter?
This camera movement is achieved by activating the telephoto toggle on the camera body.
What is zooming?
This prominent CNN anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent can be recognized for his on-the-ground disaster coverage and empathetic interview style, while not on tour with Andy Cohen performing their joint show: AC2
Who is Anderson Cooper?
This person delivers cues to the talent and relays all communication between the control room and the studio floor.
Who is the floor manager?
When you aren't working on a full package, oftentimes you use this two-part term for a shorter story read by the anchors.
What is a VO/SOT?
This should be the first question you ask an interviewee.
What is, "what is your name and how do you spell it?"
This camera movement is achieved by angling the camera up or down on the tripod.
What is tilting?
This sports analyst is perhaps most well known for hosting ESPN's First Take, but also serves as a panelist for the network's NBA coverage as well.
Who is Stephen A. Smith?
This person operates the switcher.
Who is the technical director?
After writing your script, this term is used for recording your narration.
What is tracking?
Name the 4 essential pieces of equipment in each camera bag.
What are camera, microphone, headphones, and SD card?
This camera movement is achieved by moving the camera from side to side on the tripod.
What is panning?
This duo helped break the Watergate scandal while reporting for the Washington Post. You may remember them from the screening of All the President's Men during Journalism I.
Who are Woodward and Bernstein?
This is an unscripted exchange between anchors live on air.
What is an interaction?
If you wanted to include a quick burst of sound to a news package, you may want to add this between your tracks.
What is a nat pop?
While not generally an ideal situation, a reporter conducting their own interviews while operating the camera is often dubbed by this title.
What is a one-man band?
This camera move is achieved by rolling the camera towards or away from the subject.
What is dollying?
This legendary CBS News anchor was widely dubbed "the most trusted man in America" during the 1960s and 1970s.
Who is Walter Cronkite?
This three-letter acronym for a broadcast standard audio cable is actually a misnomer.
What is an XLR cable? (eXtended Line Return)
VO is the abbreviation for "voiceover." SOT is the abbreviation for this.
What is sound on tape?
The interviewee should be positioned so that they have enough of this space in front of them, to either side of the screen.
What is nose room?
This camera move is achieved by rolling the tripod to either side.
What is trucking?