News presenter

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A news presenter is, broadly speaking, a person that presents a news show on television, radio or the Internet. The term is not commonly used by people in the industry as they tend to use more descriptive, and sometimes country-specific, terms. Examples include "newsreader", "newscaster", and "news anchor".

1 Different roles
- 1.1 Newscaster
- 1.2 News anchor
2 Notable news presenters
3 See also
4 References

Different roles

Newscaster

A newscaster is a presenter of a news bulletin who is himself or herself a working journalist and news gatherer, and a participant in compiling the script to be delivered in a news bulletin.

In America, the term newscaster is no longer widely used. Almost all presenters of news broadcasts are referred to as anchors. Prior to the television era, radio news broadcasts often mixed news with opinion and each presenter strove for a distinctive style. These presenters were referred to as commentators. The last remaining news presenter of this type is Paul Harvey. The term newscaster came into common use to distinguish presenters of straight news broadcasts from commentators.

However in the UK, ITN's presenters are referred to as newscasters^{[citation needed]} (and have been since the 1950s), whilst those working at the BBC are called newsreaders.^{[citation needed]}

News anchor

A news anchor traditionally is a television personality who presents material prepared for a news program and at times must improvise commentary for live presentation. The term is primarily used in the United States and Canada. Anchors are traditionally distinguished from other types of presenters by being able to provide live commentary for the audience during breaking news events. Many news anchors are also involved in writing and/or editing the news for their programs. Sometimes news anchors interview or engage in discussions. However, use of the term anchor has in recent years expanded to include all on-air news presenters, in both radio and television, including those whose duties are restricted to reading news items prepared by others.

The term anchor (sometimes anchorperson, anchorman, or anchorwoman) was coined by CBS News producer Don Hewitt. CBS cites its first usage as being on July 7, 1952 to describe Walter Cronkite's role at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. According to Hewitt, the term was in reference to the "anchor leg" of a relay race.

Notable news presenters

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