Anchor Intern

Description:

• Research local community, state, national and international current events
• Meet with the news director, reporters and other news anchors to be briefed on the day’s news
• Collaborate with the news director to choose stories to broadcast considering audience preferences
• Organize the news to present the most interesting pieces first
• Revise scripts and prepare to deliver them on-air
• Ensure late-breaking news is added to newscasts
• Engage in commentary
• Interview guests and other members involved in particular stories
• Introduce news correspondents reporting on the scene and ask them relevant questions
• Comply with the moral code of the journalistic profession
• Keep abreast of news developments by studying papers, attending events, etc.
• Stay in contact with industry professionals