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