Purchases the materials and services needed to create a finished program

(a)  

Responsible for the structure of the newsroom, including personnel matters and managing the budget

(a)  

Coordinates and manages the staff and cast to keep to the production schedule

(a)  

In charge of the creative aspects of the program and interacts with the entire staff

(a)  

Handles the business portion of the production, including staffing requirements and the fees for goods and services

(a)  

Ensures that programs and scripts conform to established broadcast standards

(a)  

The director’s eyes and ears in the studio

(a)  

The cameraperson who goes on location with a reporter in a news operation

(a)  

Runs the piece of equipment that captures the video images of the program

(a)  

Photog who also serves as the reporter

(a)  

Gathers information from many sources (research and interviews), writes a news story, and edits the story

(a)  

Pairs up reporters and photogs to cover stories for the day’s newscast

(a)  

Conducts conversations with reporters in the field reporting live

(a)  

Responsible for the production’s audio/sound quality and related equipment

(a)  

Ensures that images captured by each studio camera match exactly

(a)  

Assists the lighting director and moves heavy instruments up and down ladders

(a)  

Decides the placement of lighting instruments, the appropriate color of light to use, and which lamps should be used in the instruments

(a)  

Responsible for creating a script that meets the producer’s objectives

(a)  

Creates the program script

(a)  

Responsible for all the artwork required for the production

(a)  

Removes mistakes and bad takes, leaving only the best version of each scene

(a)  

Creates the titles for the program

(a)  

Applies cosmetics to the talent’s faces and bodies to give them the intended appearance in front of the camera

(a)  

Keeps all the production equipment functioning at its optimum performance level

(a)