broadcast news editor
Broadcast news editors decide which news stories will be covered during the news. They assign journalists to each item. Broadcast news editors also determine the length of coverage for each news item and where it will be featured during the broadcast.
Also called: radio journalist, tv news director, radio editor, radio reporter, television news director, radio news editor, news director, news editor
- 19
- essential skills
- 28
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2642
- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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Essential skills
19- apply organisational techniques
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- check stories
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- create editorial board
- develop professional network
- digital journalism
- editorial standards
- follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
- follow the news
- grammar
- manage staff
- meet deadlines
- multimedia systems
- participate in editorial meetings
- press law
- spelling
- work closely with news teams
Optional skills
28- adapt to changing situations
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- audio editing software
- audiovisual equipment
- check correctness of information
- create online news content
- create rough cut
- cut raw footage digitally
- develop digital content
- digital compositing
- edit digital moving images
- edit recorded sound
- file-based workflow
- graphic design
- intellectual property regime of digital content
- manage budgets
- media and information literacy
- monitor broadcast programming
- motion graphics
- newsletter analysis
- perform video editing
- photography
- proofread text
- put uncut recordings into computer
- synchronise sound with images
- use presentation software
- write headlines
- write to a deadline
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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