Monday, September 23, 2013

(How) News Channel Function by Chari as on 20/09/2013

News channels could and usually be distinguished into

  • National 
  • Regional 
  • and Business 
News channels. 

News is 'credible' whilst Advertising is, well, not as much as news and this is something that we should readily accept and the truth.  

Assignment desk is a gatekeeping desk in any News corporation, wherein content is either edited or looked into by a superior/presiding officer before it is aired or published.

Input desk is where writers, reporters and all those who produce content do so. 

Output desk is where the the news actually get aired. 

Production desk is where anchors and producers are present. 

News gathering softwares are used like Octopus, Electronic News Processing Software. News has transformed to a more computer centric news room with everything on their 'servers' and intranet.   


Salient features of News(Modern Newsroom): 

Anchors are => They're formally dressed, very business like.

Video => Anchor Read (Oral) News/ Reporter's(Bytes) with a voice over/ a Package that consists of voice over, bytes and piece to (incomplete, I seem to have missed jotting this point)    
  
Real Time => Outside Broadcast and Digital Satellite News Gathering vehicles have ensured that news is relayed live.

Value Addition to the Screen => Ticker (should not be more than 5-7 words), Crawl, Breaking News.

Graphics => Still - Animated or Animated is another way how news is presented at present. Graphics play a prominent role in how News is aired/present.  

   


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