Broadcast journalism
The news anchor, or presenter, usually reads a "lead-in" (introduction) before the package is aired and may conclude the story with additional information, called a "tag".
In radio news, stories include speech soundbites, the recorded sounds of events themselves, and the anchor or host.
These new bulletins must balance the desire for a broad overview of current events with the audience's limited capacity to focus on a large number of different stories.
[1] The radio industry has undergone a radical consolidation of ownership, with fewer companies owning the thousands of stations.
Large media conglomerates such as Clear Channel Communications own most of the radio stations in the United States.
That has resulted in more "niche" formats and the sharing of resources within clusters of stations, de-emphasizing local news and information.
Edward Murrow was an American who traveled to England in order to broadcast news about World War II.
It set Americans on edge, and people began to rely more heavily on the radio for major announcements throughout World War II.
[6] News crews spent the next several days covering everything happening in Washington, including Kennedy's funeral.
[7] This set the standard for news stations to have to cover major events quicker and get them out to the public as they were happening.
This was also due to the shortage of men that were home during the war, so news outlets looked to women to fill those gaps of times.
Both radio and television are major sources for broadcast journalism today, even with rapidly expanding technology.
[15] Television is dominated by attractive visuals (including beauty, action, and shock), with short soundbites and fast "cuts" (changes of camera angle).
United States stations typically broadcast local news three or four times a day: around 4:30–7 am (morning), 11:30 or noon (midday), 5 or 6 pm (evening), and 10 or 11 at night.
However, a heavy amount of the education they receive is hands-on activity through internships and working for on-campus broadcasting stations.
This real world view of the field combined with classes that teach students the ins and outs of writing, capturing video, interviewing and editing creates a developed and prepared journalist.
"[16] News anchors (formerly "anchormen") serve as masters-of-ceremonies and are usually shown facing a professional video camera in a television studio while reading unseen teleprompters.
Meteorologists stand in front of chroma key backgrounds to describe weather forecasting and show maps, charts and pictures.
Reporters are usually engaged in electronic field production (EFP) and are accompanied by a videographer at the scenes of the news; the latter holds the camera.
Often, production assistants operate the teleprompters and professional video cameras and serve as lighting and rigging technicians (grips).
Other changes include innovations allowing TV stations to better alert viewers in emergencies and have higher quality services.
Technological convergence also lets newsrooms collaborate with other media, broadcast outlets sometimes have partnerships with their print counterparts.
Citizen broadcast journalism is a new form of technology that has allowed regular civilians to post stories they see through outlets such as Snapchat, Facebook, and Twitter.
