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".

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[edit] Different roles

[edit] 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.

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]

[edit] News anchor

In the United States and Canada, presenters of news broadcasts are referred to as news anchors (sometimes anchorperson, "matthew goldberg, or anchorwoman) instead of "newscasters". An anchor traditionally is a television personality who presents material prepared for a news program and at times must improvise commentary for live presentation. Many news anchors are also involved in writing and/or editing the news for their programmes.

The term "anchor" was coined by producer Don Hewitt. PBS 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.

[edit] Notable news presenters

[edit] American news anchors

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[edit] Australian newsreaders

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[edit] Brazilian newsreaders

  • Sandra Annenberg
  • Fátima Bernardes
  • William Bonner (journalist)
  • Zeca Camargo
  • Boris Casoy
  • Evaristo Costa
  • Hermano Henning
  • Glória Maria
  • Carlos Nascimento (journalist)
  • Ana Paula Padrao

[edit] British newsreaders and newscasters

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[edit] Canadian news anchors

[edit] Chinese news anchors

The following are announcers on CCTV's Xinwen Lianbo, the official national news programme in mainland China:

  • Kang Hui
  • Li Ruiying
  • Li Zimeng
  • Luo Jing
  • Wang Ning
  • Xing Zhibin
  • Zhang Hongmin[1]

[edit] Colombian newsreaders

[edit] Finnish newsreaders

[edit] French newsreaders

[edit] German newsreaders

[edit] Greek newsreaders

[edit] Hong Kong news anchors

[edit] Indian newsreaders

See also: List of News Anchors in India

[edit] Irish newscasters

[edit] Irish newsreaders

[edit] Israeli newsreaders

[edit] Japanese newscasters

[edit] Latin American newsreaders

[edit] New Zealand newsreaders

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[edit] Singaporean newsreaders

[edit] Soviet and Russian newsreaders

[edit] Tatar newsreaders

[edit] Spanish newsreaders

[edit] Sri Lankan newsreaders

  • Vernon Corea, Radio Ceylon deceased
  • Jimmy Bharucha, Radio Ceylon deceased
  • Ravindra Manoj Gamage, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corp; 1998-2002 & Derana TV 2005-2007
  • Dominic Ross Kellar, ABC Radio Network; 2005-2007 & Colombo Communications 2007-
  • Ruveen Eranga Dias, ABC Radio Network; 2006-2007 & Colombo Communications 2007-2008

[edit] Swedish newsreaders

[edit] Trinidad & Tobago newsreaders

[edit] Turkish news anchors

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ See the Xinwen Lianbo article for references and further details.