Category: News – This Explainer

A live two-way is a real-time conversation between a studio anchor and a field reporter. Learn how the link works and why preparation matters.

Remote interviews connect a guest outside the main studio to a live or recorded broadcast. Learn how crews manage video, audio, delay, and verification.

Backtiming helps producers calculate a newscast from its fixed ending backward. Learn how crews use it to protect breaks, segments, and the final out.

An IFB earpiece lets anchors and reporters hear the program and control-room cues. Learn how it supports live timing without distracting viewers.

Electronic news gathering uses portable video and transmission tools to report from the field. Learn how ENG changed television news and works today.

A field producer coordinates reporting, people, access, and logistics away from the newsroom. Learn how the role keeps television coverage accurate and organized.

The television control room coordinates cameras, sound, graphics, video, and timing during a newscast. Learn who works there and how decisions reach air.

A teleprompter places scrolling script text in front of a camera lens so anchors can read while maintaining eye contact. Learn how crews operate it.

A video switcher selects and combines cameras, clips, and graphics for a television program. Learn how technical directors use preview and program outputs.

Master control monitors and routes a station’s final television signal. Learn how operators manage schedules, quality, alerts, and transmission backups.

This explainer shows how newsrooms handle freedom of information request through verification, responsible sourcing, careful language, transparency, and continuing updates.

This explainer shows how newsrooms handle verifying public records through verification, responsible sourcing, careful language, transparency, and continuing updates.