News Anchor is the person who presents the gathered news to the public. News Anchors are also called as Newscasters. The TV News Anchors observes the news lines from the teleprompter and delivers it in well manner. News Anchor job is to presents the views of current issues with the actions of corporate executives, public officials and others who are in power. News Anchors comments and integrates the live transmissions from the on-spot reporters. In large stations, News Anchors work in a particular type of news such as, general news, sports, weather, economic trends, crime scenes and interviews with the public icons.
Responsibilities
As a News Anchor, there are lots of responsibilities since News Anchors are the face of the broadcasting stations, some of the responsibilities are:
- Gathers the news and creates stories and presents at appropriate news time
- Develops community-centric story ideas for coverage, write their own scripts and take direction
- Discusses with News Directors and assignment editors before going on air
- Keeps significant points about major news handy in case of live transmission
- Reads the script from the teleprompter Remember to look up every once in a while
- Knowledge of news gathering, writing, multimedia and reporting
- Monitors and manages the writes and news assistants work
- Evaluates content of news stories and checks for errors of fact, technical errors, inspired content, editorial mistakes and all essentials needed to convey quality programming
- Interviews special guests and makes program so popular and reachable.
A Bachelor degree in Journalism and related fields like mass communication
Skills
- Knowledge of National and international Politics, Finance, Current Affairs and Hispanic issues
- Ability to think on their feet, ask interested questions and deal with high-pressure situations
- Excellent presentation and on-camera skills
- Knowledge of operating the communication equipments
- Ability to drag people's attention throughout the news
- Ready to work under pressure situations
- Be in motion to spots for the live news broad castings
- Must be objective, accurate, and have the ability to educate and inform
- Capable of working under flexible work schedule like nights, weekends and holidays
Minimum of 2 years on-air experience, Experience gained at low level or small town broadcasting stations, through internships with news organizations.
News anchor job is to react to breaking news quickly and professionally, offer comments, explanation and information for viewers or listeners. News anchor undergoes voice training, in to order to modulate their voices and articulates with minimal accents to reach most people. In the television medium, a news anchor must also be very conscious of personal appearance, and some anchors spend a great deal of energy on personal preparing to ensure that they look their best.
