Anchor Position
News Anchor Tips
The on-air face of the newscast
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Position Description
- Students in this role will assist the Producer in all elements
of news production including social media outreach. The anchors write
stories as assigned
by the Producer (Readers, VO's and VOSOTS and the occasional Anchor
Package as needed). When not anchoring, these students may also report
news stories for day-of-air programming, such as news packages and Same-Day stories.
- Talents: ability to incorporate enthusiasm and appropriate emotional tone to each story, but not to give in to your emotions; ability to communicate with clarity, confidence, command and comprehension; ability to ad-lib; broad knowledge base, an acute sense of timing and mastery at multitasking.
