London, 2024-03-29

TV News Casting

Summary

The British Academy for Training and Development offers this course in TV News Casting for all individuals wishing to gain further experience in the field of TV News Casting and Presentation, and to master the required skills for professional news casters.

News casting is a periodical article that covers specific events and stories allowing their audience to receive news and information related to the specific event in informative method, either in the local, regional, or international context.  A Newscaster is the person who reads the news scripts, in the final stage of the news casting process. It is better for the newscaster to participate in in the pre-news casting stages, by editing or participating in the preparation process of news, this concept is known in the news agencies as the Editor- Newscaster, as the newscaster holds a great responsibility, since his task is not only a regular job to be done, but it depends basically on the passion for learning and the psychological readiness and openness for new perspectives and information. There is also a variety of elements behind the audience relationship with the newscaster, most important of which is the person who reads the news scripts, many of newscasters have the perfect ability to eye contact with the audience, but many newscasters read news scripts without looking at the camera, which results to boredom of the audience. The problem was solved long time ago by using the Teleprompter, which is very useful in maintaining eye communication between the newscaster and the home audience, where newscaster reads the script and looks at the camera at the same time.

Objectives and target group

The British Academy for Training and Development provides this course for the following categories:

  • Directors and owners of TV stations.
  • TV Broadcasters and Newscasters of all topics (Economic/ Political/ Entertainment).
  • Editorial staff and professionals in charge of processing newsletters.
  • New staff wishing to launch their career in the Media Industry.
  • Staff in the Editorial Management.
  • Students of Media Departments.
  • Government spokespersons.

How participants will benefit from the course:

After completion of the Course program, trainees will be able to master the following:

  • Training on News Casting, Reporting, and Coverage.
  • Training on methods of communication with information sources.
  • Training on self-control and vocal performance.
  • Detailed knowledge of the basics of conduct while on Camera/ On Air.
  • Learning the basics of TV broadcasting.
  • Acquiring necessary experience in News Casting.
  • Overcoming the fear of being on Camera.
Course Content
  • News Casting skills and how to collect the right information.
  • Proper conduct while on Camera.
  • News Casting Programs and their importance in our daily lives.
  • News Coverage and its significant role in the Media.
  • Effective Strategies for delivering successful News Broadcasting.
  • Editing texts and news scripts.
  • Understanding effective skills in news production and the application thereof.
  • Creativity in News Production.
  • Understand the 4 Basic Audit Stages for News Scripts and Reports.
  • Proper conduct while on Camera.