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Broadcast Journalism

ELECTRONIC MEDIA
By Team Career Today

In this domain, journalists produce radio and television news. Broadcast journalism programmes in various journalisim schools prepare and train students for reporting and editing tasks of the electronic media, relating to all aspects and stages of news production. Some of the popular profiles in this field are editor, reporter, presenter/news anchor, producer, correspondent, etc. The skill- sets needed to get into this field are excellence in written and oral communication, confidence in front of a camera and 'on air' presence; nose for news and keen interest in people, news, current affairs and the ability to work under pressure.

The job is a multidimensional one. When in sight of news, most Television Journalists work through the day and night to complete a host of activities. Theses range from collecting information by pursuing news tips/leads, examining documents to verify facts, observing news scenes as they happen, interviewing people, taking notes and shooting videos with the cameraman. This followed by organizing the material, determining what constitutes the central point of the news story, editing the accompanying video and finally preparing the news clip, all within a given time frame. Like Print Journalists. Television Reporters also cover a variety of issues. These include news on subjects like politics, events of the day, sports, lifestyle and entertainment of international, national, regional and local importance.

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