Broadcast News Analysts

• Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers.
• Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members.
• Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs.
• Edit news material to ensure that it fits within available time or space.
• Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats.
• Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.
• Present news stories, and introduce in-depth videotaped segments or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Broadcast News Analysts.

• 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.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Broadcast News Analysts.