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Career Details :: Broadcast News Analysts
Description
Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Gathers information and develops subject perspective through research, interview, observation, and experience.
- Analyzes and interprets information to formulate and outline story ideas.
- Records commentary or presents commentary or news live when working in broadcast medium.
- Writes commentary, column, or script, using computer.
- Selects material most pertinent to presentation and organizes material into acceptable media form and format.
- Examines news items of local, national, and international significance to determine selection or is assigned items for broadcast by editorial staff.
- Edits material for available time or space.
Related Careers
- Creative Writers
- Editors
- Public Address System and Other Announcers
- Radio and Television Announcers
- Reporters and Correspondents
- Technical Writers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Performing for/Working With Public
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Interpreting Meaning of Information to Others
- Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Importance of Being Aware of New Events
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Broadcast Communications |  [ add ] |
| Broadcast Journalism | [ add ] |
| Broadcast News | [ add ] |
| Broadcasting/Telecommunications/Mass Media | [ add ] |
| Business Journalism | [ add ] |
| Communication/Journalism | [ add ] |
| Communications/Journalism | [ add ] |
| Creative Writing | [ add ] |
| English Creative Writing | [ add ] |
| English Literature/Creative Writing | [ add ] |
| English Literature/Writing | [ add ] |
| English Writing | [ add ] |
| English Writing/Literature | [ add ] |
| English/Creative Writing | [ add ] |
| English/Journalism | [ add ] |
| English/Writing | [ add ] |
| Fiction Writing | [ add ] |
| Government/Journalism | [ add ] |
| Journalism | [ add ] |
| Journalism Studies | [ add ] |
| Journalism/Communications | [ add ] |
| Journalism/Communications/English | [ add ] |
| Journalism/East Asian Area Studies | [ add ] |
| Journalism/Mass Communication | [ add ] |
| Journalism/Mass Communications | [ add ] |
| Journalism/Mass Media Studies | [ add ] |
| Journalism/Media | [ add ] |
| Journalism/Russian | [ add ] |
| Journalism/Science Writing | [ add ] |
| Journalism/Technical Writing | [ add ] |
| Journalism/Writing | [ add ] |
| Mass Communication/Journalism | [ add ] |
| News/Editorial | [ add ] |
| News/Editorial Journalism | [ add ] |
| Newspaper | [ add ] |
| Newspaper Production Management | [ add ] |
| Newspaper/Print Media | [ add ] |
| Pre-dental Studies | [ add ] |
| Print Journalism | [ add ] |
| Public Relations/Journalism | [ add ] |
| Radio/Television News | [ add ] |
| Sports Information Broadcasting | [ add ] |
| Writing | [ add ] |
| Writing for Publication/Performance/Media | [ add ] |
| Writing Intensive English | [ add ] |
| Writing Popular Fiction | [ add ] |
| Writing/Literature | [ add ] |
| Writing/Literature/Publishing | [ add ] |
| Writing/Publishing | [ add ] |
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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