Newscasting Test

The face and voice of a newscast; the person who hosts the show from the studio and provides the top story and introductions (also known as bumpers) between segments.

• anchor

• editor

• reporter

• producer

The top news story of the day

• Lead/Breaking

• sports

• weather

• kicker

A news story about something within the nearby community

• International Story

• Breaking Story

• Weather Report

• Local Story

A news story about something happening across the world

• Sports Story

• Local Story

• International Story

• Kicker

The last story in a newscast that is a positive, upbeat story

• Weather Report

• Kicker

• Sports Story

• B-Roll

Video that is shot for a TV news story and used to help visualize what the story is about

• B-roll

• Kicker

• Montage

• Stand-Up

A soundbite; a recording of a speaker or interview

• Conflict

• Kicker

• Actuality

• Bumper

Ambient sound; background voices, machinery, music, or other environmental sounds that are picked up during on-scene recording

• sound bite

• bumper

• segment

• Natural sound

sections of a newscast

• segment

• part

• piece

• stand-up

A TV news story where a news reporter is live at a remote location

• package

• Live shot/live report

• newsroom

• actuality