Television News: Reporting and Anchoring

Syllabus
Unit I: [Structure of TV News Channel] 
1. Basics of Television News: Concept of News and News Value
2. Structure of TV News Channel
3. Qualities and Responsibilities of News Personnel
4. News Sources and Monitoring Services

Unit II: [TV News Writing]
1. Characteristics and Essentials of TV Language
2. News Writing: Concepts and Elements
3. Writing for Visuals: Simple News stories, Writing Intros / Opening, Headlines & Closing /     
    Concluding
4. News Writing for TV versus other Media

Unit III: [TV News Reporting] 
1. Television News Reporter: Techniques and Styles
2. Different Types of Reporting: Objective, Investigative, Interpretative, Reporting Beats
3. Essentials of Field Reporting: Live/recorded Phone-in, Piece to Camera, Walk through
4. Guidelines and Challenges for a TV Reporter

Unit IV: [TV News Anchoring]
1. News Anchor: Qualities, Responsibilities and Professional Ethics
2. Voice Personality & Presentation
3. Anchoring News & Non-News Programs
4. Anchoring with/without Tele-prompter, Studio and Outdoor