Staff Positions

AUDIO ENGINEER – This person is responsible for the recording of audio and overseeing of sound equipment on location and in studio. This person must be knowledgeable of all audio equipment and proper recording strategies.

CAMERA OPERATOR – This person is responsible for recording all video for segments and news casts. This person is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all cameras, tri-pods, and in most cases lighting eqipment too.

DIRECTOR – The person responsible for the execution of the program. Serves as producers for entire programs or for the production of portions of larger programs.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – This person coordinates the content and presentation of broadcasts under the direction of the managing editor and news director.

NEWS ANCHOR – The most visible members of the news staff. These are the people that appear as the “up front” personalities on local newscasts. The news anchor is a complete journalist, familiar with reporting, on-scene live coverage and skilled at writing, and in some cases, producing news packages.

NEWS REPORTERS – The key “front-line” people in the news department. They are on-the-scene at every kind of event. Local news reporters must be excellent writers, capable of working quickly and accurately.

NEWS WRITER – The writer’s responsibilities may include monitoring news feeds, preparing news packages for voicing by anchors or reporters, researching story information, booking guests for live interviews on news shows and producing segments of news programs. Exceptional writing skills are a must.

PRODUCER – This person develops and organizes local segments and is responsible for scripting, story development, scheduling of guests and overseeing field production, and editing.

STATION MANAGER – The chief operating officer of the station. The station manager must have effective personnel management skills and a thorough knowledge of all aspects of a broadcast operation. In the scholastic sense, this person would be the equivalent of our managing newspaper editor.

STUDIO ENGINEERS – Responsible for operating all of the equipment necessary for the production of a program. This includes the studio cameras, the audio console, studio lighting, the video switcher, and in some stations, the character generator and the electronic still-storage graphics display equipment.