News Jobs

There are a wide variety of jobs that need to be filled in broadcast journalism. At a newspaper, there are many people who are involved in finding, reporting, writing, editing, and printing the news. With the exception of printing, all of these jobs are required at a TV or radio station. But in addition to these jobs are all of those people who are needed to broadcast the news. There are camera operators, audio and video experts, producers, technicians, multi-media producers and editors, graphic designers, and more.

If you like a routine job, where you can work from 8:00 to 5:00, then a job in broadcast journalism is probably not for you. The news doesn't just happen between 8:00 and 5:00. In fact, most news programs happen in the evening. Often reporters must go to where the action is, so instead of moving away from a flood or a crime scene, they move toward it.

You can't be shy in this work, either. A reporter must go out and find information, and this often means talking to people who would rather be left alone. John Stossel found this out the hard way, when interviewing a wrestler.


Of course a little tact is also important when reporting on the news. Jim Rome found out that common courtesy is important, even when doing an interview.


The internet has given us yet another way to find out about news. Most major radio and television news programs have a website where they share video and text. The internet allows viewers to comment on stories, and discuss the news. The internet also allows people to start their own sites, and report the news as they see it. We will be talking more about this new way of reporting news in a future section.

Sources
http://www.ehow.com/about_4864705_broadcast-journalism-jobs.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNgqQVHI_8