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Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources.
 Tasks
 
  • Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information.
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  • Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers.
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  • Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.
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  • Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.
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  • Edit news material to ensure that it fits within available time or space.
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  • Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats.
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  • Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.
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  • Present news stories, and introduce in-depth videotaped segments or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters.
  •  Skills
     
  • Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
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  • Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
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  • Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
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  • Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
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  • Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
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  • Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
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  • Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
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  • Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
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  • Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
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  • Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
  •  Knowledge
     
  • Communications and Media - Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
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  • English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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  • Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
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  • Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
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  • Telecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
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  • Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
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  • Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
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  • Geography - Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
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  • Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
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  • History and Archeology - Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
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