{{refimprove, date=October 2008 The news producer takes all the elements of a

newscast News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or televis ...

(packages, video, graphics, etc.) and compiles them into a cohesive show. In the

hierarchy A hierarchy (from Greek: , from , 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another. Hierarchy is an important ...

of the

newsroom A newsroom is the central place where journalists—reporters, editors, and producers, associate producers, news anchors, news designers, photojournalists, videojournalists, associate editor, residence editor, visual text editor, Desk Head, s ...

, the news producer is under the

executive producer Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights o ...

, who reports to the news director. The news producer is usually on the same level as the anchor, although this may differ from newsroom to newsroom. The news producer is over the director, studio crew, reporters, field crew,

photographers A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographers As in other ...

editors Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, or ...

, etc.

Responsibilities

The news producer's responsibilities are wide-ranging. In no particular order of importance (because all are equally important), they: * Write the

script Script may refer to: Writing systems * Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire * Script (styles of handwriting) ** Script typeface, a typeface with characteristics of handw ...

for the

news anchor A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

(s) to read (though in some Designated Market Areas, the anchor(s) prefer to write this themselves) * Organize the show, to ensure that there is good "flow" * Gather leads for possible stories * Monitor the wire agencies/network feeds for potential stories * Edit video for voice-overs * Time the show, so it starts and ends on time, and contains all the commercial breaks necessary * Communicate with the anchors,

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, and studio crew while filming the show * Keep in touch with

reporters A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

and crew in the field in order to monitor how stories are developing * Write in-show and pre-show teases * Coordinate live shots.

References

1) http://www.tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/job_descriptions.cgi?Z=&d=1&k=77&action=view
2) http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=JRKV&sc_cmp1=JS_JR_ViewJob&ff=21&APath=2.21.0.0.0&job_did=J3I7015YB1GKRFWX61D Mass media occupations