Newspaper Jobs
These people work in the newsroom, writing various stories assigned to them by the Editor.
Who are writers or journalists?
This is a reporter who covers a story live at the scene.
Who is a field reporter, or on-the-scene reporter?
This person does various odds and ends, wherever he/she is needed. This person works for free.
Who is the intern?
This is written when someone dies.
What is an obituary?
This is the station's logo that appears in the corner of the screen.
This person uses the RED PEN to mark all corrections that need to be made in articles.
Who is the copyeditor?
These journalists sit at the desk in the comfort of the studio.
Who are anchors?
This person controls all of the audio levels, on whomever is speaking, as well as the sound levels on SOTs and any sound effects.
Who is the audio technician?
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What is a Wedding Announcement?
It is no secret that Fox News is heavily biased in favor of this side of the political spectrum.
What is the Right, or Conservative/Republican side of the spectrum?
This person is the head of the entire news staff at the newspaper.
What is the editor-in-chief?
This person controls all of the words on the screen, as well as the graphics, and the bug.
Who is the font operator?
This person controls many buttons on various panels in the control room. They are responsible for everything that goes out over the air. This includes the camera angles and any video.
Who is the Director or Technical Director?
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What is a personal?
It's no secret that MSNBC is heavily biased in favor of this side of the political spectrum.
What is the Left, or Liberal/Democrat side of the political spectrum?
Senior writers are assigned this. It refers to certain types of articles or a section of the newspaper.
What is a beat?
This person takes raw video footage and makes it look all nice for the air.
Who is a video editor?
This person is the head of the entire News Production Crew at the TV Station.
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What is a job?
What is a squeeze back?
Very senior writers are sometimes rewarded with this. It is a reoccurring opinion piece that centers around one issue or certain topic within the news.
Who is a column?
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This person puts together the entire news show, including what news stories should appear in what blocks. During the show, he/she will keep an eye on the clock and instruct the Director to cut or move certain stories.
Who is the Producer?
This person will cue the anchors when they come back from commercial break. He/she will also control the teleprompter.
Who is an entry-level position, or video journalist?
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What is a character?
This is a pre-produced news story in TV that includes a field reporter, and a SOT (or two). It looks live, but it is pre-recorded.
What is a PKG, or package?