Federal Drive Anchor

PLANNING:

• Leading the team to determine which guests and topics should be on the show, with a strong preference for federal executives
• Working with news staff for suggestions and referrals

BOOKING:

• Working with producers to contact potential guests and their public affairs teams to schedule show appearances. Supervising scheduling; frequently supplying interview questions ahead of the interview

CREATING INTERVIEWS:

• Reading, understanding background material
• Writing teases, leads, tag
• Conducting audio and video interviews, typically 2-to-5 per day

CREATING A SHOW:

• Deciding which interviews will run on a given day's show
• With the assistance of producers, editing audio and video
• Turning interviews into finished show segments, including the voicing of tags and tracking segment length
• Creating show scripts
• Creating reporter segments. These consist of voicing lead and tag provided by reporter for his or her taped or pre-produced segment. Also engineering and conducting audio and video interviews with staff reporters as daily show segments.

PROMO:

• 30-second daily element written, voiced and mixed by anchor, to promote subsequent day's show.

WRITING:

• Write newscast items and other news stories, as appropriate
• Write occasional columns

TOOLS:

• Familiarity with audio editing tools and newsroom content management systems is preferred, but willing to train the ideal candidate.