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• Reporters


  Gather information and present it in a written or spoken form in news stories, feature articles or documentaries
• Reporters


  • May work on the staff of news organizations, freelance, writing stories for whoever pays them
• General reporters


  Cover all sorts of news stories
• Sub-editors (subs)


  • Take the stories written by reporters and put them into a form which suits the special needs of their particular newspaper
  • Do not usually gather information themselves. Their job is to concentrate on how the story can best be presented to their audience
• Chief sub-editor


  The person in charge of sub-editors
• Editor in chief


  • The person who makes the final decision about what is included in the newspaper, magazine or news bulletins
  • Responsible for all the content and all the journalists
  • May have deputies and assistants to help them
• News editor


  • The person in charge of the news journalists
  • In small organizations may make all the decisions about what stories to cover and who will do the work
  • In larger organizations may have a deputy, often called the chief of staff, whose special job is to assign reporters to the stories selected
• Feature writers


  • Work for newspapers and magazines, writing longer stories which usually give background to the news
  • In small organizations reporters themselves will write feature articles
  • Larger radio or television stations may have specialist staff producing current affairs
• Producer


  In charge of producing a particular current affairs program
• Executive producer


  Person in charge of all the programs in that series
• Broadcasting


  Feature article
• Specialist writers


  • May be employed to produce personal commentary columns or reviews of things such as books, films, art or performances
  • Usually selected for their knowledge about certain subjects or their ability to write well
• Small organizations may use general reporters for some or all of these tasks