Television News Reporter Job Description

Television newscasters are responsible for collecting and analyzing information about newsworthy events in order to prepare news stories for broadcast.

Television News Reporter Job Duties

• Evaluate news leads and tips
• Receive assignments from editors and producers
• Develop story ideas based on news leads and tips
• Use methods such as interviewing, researching and observing to verify facts
• Write story based on agreed upon style and formatting standards
• May transmit information to news writers
• May monitor police and fire department communications to find story leads