TULISAN 6 (BHS. INGGRIS BISNIS 2)

NAMA   : SITI MARDIANAH
NPM      : 16210600
KELAS  : 4EA16

Television Reporter

The main role of a TV reporter is to present the news in a digestible format to the viewers. In the morning I am given a story to cover by my news editor. I research the topic and then set up the interviews. I’ll then go out with a cameramman to film the material that’s needed to compile the report. When that’s done, we both come back to the office and I’ll write a script. The cameraman will then edit the piece with me for the main Anglia News programme at six o’clock. I may also have to present the report as a part of a live broadcast on location.

Firstly, no two days are ever the same. One day you could be reporting on a murder trial, the next you could be filming the Queen. Secondly, if you’re noisy, then being a TV reporter will suit you. It’s interesting to be privy to things before the general public, and then to be the first one to tell them. Lastly, you’re on TV. It’s great.

For me, the worst thing is having to do “door knocks”. This cloud be when someone has died in an accident or has been murdered, and the reporter is sent to knock on relatives’ doors to get an interview. I think it’s the worst part of the job.

You have to be fairly thick-skinned and be able to react quickly to breaking stories. If you have a good grounding in journalis, you can’t go wrong. It’s also important to look smart on screen.

My first taste of broadcasting was at University. I became involved in the student radio station and decided I liked it so much, I’d try and get a job in the industry. I applied for a postgraduate NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) course at the London College of Printing. (There are quite a few College and Universities across the country which run similar courses). I was lucky enough to get a place and spent a year in London getting a grounding in broadcast journalis. The course was very much geared to radio journalis, althought there was some television tuition. In my holidays I spent a lot of my time working for free for various radio stations, both BBC and commercial. This definitely paid off-BBC Radio Leeds offered me a contract when I finished my postgraduate course. I spent three months there, and then moved to Manchester’s Piccadilly Radio. I moved to Meridian Television, based in Newbury, in 2000 as a production journalist. Then I landed a TV reporter’s job at Anglia Television in Cambridge, and haven’t looked back since.