Evan McMenamin

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Codes and
Conventions
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News Reader

 A News Reader is someone

who presents the news,
interviews guests and guides
the viewers between segments.

 A News Reader must have

strong verbal-communication
skills, as well as the ability to
remain non-biased when
presenting, to avoid their
personal opinion influencing the
audiences.
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Field Reporter

 Field Reporters are also news presenters,

although they do not remain in the studio
but rather inform viewers of news from on
the frontline.

 They have a difficult job as they usually

have to work on the fly when they get
rushed to a location where a breaking story
is emerging.

 Unlike Presenters, they do not have

an Auto Cue and must improvise their lines
as they speak live on air.
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Links to Studio

 Sometimes a News Station may link to

another studio while discussing a topic.

 This is done to show another point of

view of a topic and will also usually bring
more relevant information to the show.

 An example of two news stations that

would do this are the BBC and ITV, two
of the biggest news corporations in the
world.
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Interviews

 Interviews are important in the news

industry as they can gain valuable
information from certain people that
have an awareness or a form of inside
knowledge on a topic of discussion.

 A popular type of interview is Vox Pop.

This is where an interviewer will ask
random members of the publics
opinions on an issue or topic, and put
them all together for broadcast to
show the viewer a fair representation
of the public opinion
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Actual Footage

 Actual Footage is video footage of a

notable event or breaking news story that
has occurred.

 This type of footage is usually found on

social media and freely used by News
Stations but can sometimes be footage
sold by the press or footage released
publicly by Law Enforcement.