Broadcast Journalism Rolls and Vocabulary

Oversees everyone and everything in the newsroom and production staff

• Assignment Editor

• Anchor

• Director

• General Manager

In control of the news department

Gives the news a look, brand, and image

• General Manager

• News Director

• Anchor

• Production Staff

Works under the news director

In charge of the shows

Chooses priority of stories

Determines timing

• Anchor

• Production Staff

• Producer

• Reporters and Photographers

Helps producer

Manages story ideas

Assigns stories to reporters and photographers

• News Director

• General Manager

• Director

• Assignment Editor

Interviews subjects for stories

Gathers video

Writes and edits stories

• Producer

• Reporters and photographers

• Anchor

• Director

Reads the news on-air

Oftentimes is also a reporter

• Anchor

• Director

• Production Staff

• News Director

Same level as the news director

Controls the production staff

Director, camera, audio, TD

• Producer

• General Manager

• Production Manager

• Assignment Editor

Works with the producer to make sure news is done as cleanly as possible

Controls everyone working in production on the show

• Anchor

• Production Staff

• Director

• Producer

Includes audio, camera, digital video, floor director, technical director, and teleprompter

• production staff

• Reporters and photographers

• Director

• Assignment Editor

any video that is not an interview; it could be shots of any type of person, movement, or location

• subject

• pre-roll

• b-roll

• sound bite