Chapter 2

Working for a broadcast station would be a lot different than at a newspaper in terms of who would assign my stories and what I would be looking for in a good story.

A producer in a TV studio hands out the stories as opposed to the assignment editor of a newspaper. They tell you were to go and who will be working with you on the story. Both jobs are similar, but a producer might want to send a fast editor with a reporter if there is a short time frame between the story and the broadcast. A print editor might send an inexperienced photographer with an experienced journalist so the journalist can help the photog find those good pictures.

The stories and how each medium might approach is different too. The book gave an example on covering meetings and how a print journalist would cover the meeting with what was actually said and who said it while the TV reporter would want to get the over all feeling of the meeting and what was accomplished by the end. Both ways are important but different because of how each medium is set up.