Radio Jobs

Broadcast Journalist

Introduction:

Most of the journalists that work in Radio supply the news content, these are for one or more outlet ranging from a local Radio station to an international news organisation. they are normally apart of a smaller team but also might be based in a national or regional news room.

What Is The Job:

Radio Broadcast journalist research identify and present new news stories for a wide range of people. The Job also means they will tell the stories on air, presenting them in news bulletins or recording certain interviews. Sometimes, like in the BBC, the job role for a broadcast journalist often gets over lapped wit the roles of a reporter or a newsreader. Sometimes the broadcast journalist job may be more researching and briefing presenters, or editing, writing, planning or just the general organisation or material.
The work times for a broadcast journalist may consist in them working a range of shift patterns, these includes weekends, nights and holidays. But a journalist doesn't always have to work shift patterns as they have to always be on call. so if a story's comes up at any given time of day or night they ave to be willing to leave straight away. this may include driving for long times.

How Do You Get Into The Job?

There are 3 Main routes into broadcast journalism. These are Completing a pre-entry degree or post graduate qualification or a trainee-ship offered by a couple of large employers (E.G. BBC). and another one is first working as a print journalist and moving up.
Employers look for people with hands-on experience, particularly in Community Radio.

Essential Knowledge & Skills?

To Become a radio broadcast Journalist you may need to require most if not all of the following:

a sense of what makes a good news story
the ability to generate original ideas and to think creatively about how to communicate them
excellent writing and story-telling skills which they can adapt for different audiences and platforms
an understanding of how to use their voice to communicate effectively with listeners
knowledge of the Radio market, different station and program styles and audience demographics
curiosity and inquisitiveness, a willingness to ask questions but also to listen
the confidence and tenacity to pursue information, overcome obstacles and pitch ideas to senior colleagues
ability to work independently but also as part of a team
self-motivation and adaptability
ability to work effectively under pressure, react quickly and meet tight deadlines
determination, diplomacy and excellent interpersonal skills
empathy and patience, the ability to build rapport and draw information from people
ability to maintain objectivity in order to be fair and balanced in the treatment of stories
an interest in news and current affairs and good general knowledge
a thorough knowledge of the law, ethics and industry regulation as they affect radio and the practice of journalism
knowledge of when it is necessary and how to acquire the relevant clearances and licenses, including copyright and music clearances
knowledge of the requirements of the relevant Health and Safety legislation and procedures
a high level of IT skills - particularly good word-processing and data handling skills
the ability to learn how to use a variety of recording equipment and to operate different radio studios
ability to conduct effective internet research, use relevant computer software for audio editing, and, when necessary, to manipulate visual images or edit video, and upload all such material for use on websites.

Training And Quantification.

to become a broadcast journalist you don't need any specific degree but the majority have them. If you do have a degree the radio employers don't normally expect them to be media related. they sometimes prefer if you have a degree in something else. E.G. politics r science, even languages.
But thee are trainee schemes that do take on people, but these are few and the numbers they take on are even few'er.

Salary:

The Standard starting salary is £13,000 -£19,000 a year. But can go anything upto £20,000 - £43,000 a year with experience.

Reporter

A Reporters job within radio is to rind out information and news about the area or around the world (Depending on the radio station) Thair job it to make up te news or affairs that will involve all of us, or even some of us.

What Do They Do?

Reporters can do a variety of different jobs, they can range from office ad news room based work t actually going out and gathering information from different sauces and contacts. this requires them to be able to go out and film news as its happening or wait for it to happen. they also pre record things and edit including news bulletins.

They also g out ad get key witness information and statements that change a story or edit its outcome. they also try ad find out new things and new ideas to display in the news.

In a bigger radio show, or a more popular one, they often find themselves travelling the country or sometimes even the world.

How Do You Get Into The Job?

there are 3 main entry ways to get into being a reporter, there's the traineeships, this is mainly offered by larger radio company's with a wider range or listeners. to do this you often need to have experience as a print journalist first. Employees nearly always look for experience in hands on work, particularly hospital community and student radio. but they also look for post graduate or degree entry qualification.

In order to progress into a further in the radio reporting industry you need to move to bigger and more popular radio stations. until you reach a point where your happy or where you would like to be. this can be any number of different reporter roles or at a number of different types of stations.

Essential knowledge?

To become a great reporter you need a large set of skills, some of the main ones will be a sense of what makes a good story, an understanding on how to use vocals to communicate well with the interviewee, an interest of current affairs and good motivation. Having most of these will make you look for story's, make sure they are good and to be able to get the results you need from the people you interview.

a sense of what makes a good news story

ability to generate original ideas and to think creatively about how to communicate them

excellent writing and story-telling skills which they can adapt for different audiences and platforms

an understanding of how to use their voice to communicate effectively with listeners

knowledge of the Radio market, different station and programme styles and audience demographics

curiosity and inquisitiveness, a willingness to ask questions but also to listen

the confidence and tenacity to pursue information, overcome obstacles and pitch ideas to senior colleagues

self-motivation and adaptability

ability to work independently but also as part of a team

ability to work effectively under pressure, react quickly and meet tight deadlines

ability to cope with the demands of live reporting and interviewing

determination, diplomacy and excellent interpersonal skills

empathy and patience, the ability to build rapport and draw information from people

ability to maintain objectivity in order to be fair and balanced in the treatment of stories

an interest in news and current affairs and good general knowledge

a thorough knowledge of the law, ethics and industry regulation as they affect radio and the practice of journalism

knowledge of when it is necessary and how to acquire the relevant clearances and licenses, including copyright and music clearances

knowledge of the requirements of the relevant Health and Safety legislation and procedures

a high level of IT skills - particularly good word-processing and data handling skills

the ability to learn how to use a variety of recording equipment and to operate different radio studios

ability to conduct effective internet research, use relevant computer software for audio editing, and, when necessary, to manipulate visual images or edit video, and upload all such material for use on websites

Training and Qualifications?

To become a reporter you don't usually need further degrees, even though most of them are post graduates or graduates. it is often found that the employer will not expect th degree to be in the media industry. it can be in a range of different subjects, ranging from science to politics. this is especially if the reporter would like to be a specialist reporter or correspondent.

but if you would like to be a journalist for a newspaper or magazine you usually require 2-3 years of experience. and qualifications in journalism.

Salary, work practices and conditions

the average reporter salary with out bonusis is about £15,075 - £39,335 a year, wit bonuses up to £5,000.

Intro

In this assignment i will be assessing 3 diffident jobs in the Radio Industry. I will be looking at everything from what there job entails too there salary, i will be looking at and discussing everything. i will be going over in full how to find one of these jobs and the different qualifications you will need for each job.

Radio Presenter

Radio Presenter is an extremely important job to have in the radio community, i personally think its the most important job.

What Do They Do?

A Radio Presenter does many things within the job role. They talk to the public on a range of topics, these can go from talk shows discussing documents too music based radio shows where they talk about the music or artists. Although they have to stay under the Media Law whilst talking on air, they also have to follow professional conduct with there peers and other team members. They also have to watch what they say and post as they also are asked to write blog posts and other publicly viewed documents. They have to cater for all musical genres, with all different musical tastes. Also they are sometimes asked to review there own work and listen to there own shows to gather feedback. This means they have to be open toward both positive and negative results. occasionally they are asked to edit audio work on a computer, using suitable computer software.

You also different types of radio presenters, this is because there a rang of different types or radio show. Each of these need a different set of skills. Music based presenter nee d more of a ear for music as there shows about music. Like wise a Spots Presenter needs more of a sports man's eye, meaning they need o know more about sport. and even a talk show presenter need to have a different skillset.

How Do You Get Into The Job?

To acquire this type of job you usually need some sort of hand on experience, this usually requires you to have worked as a volunteer at a local radio or a hospital radio. if you were a student however you could just simply do the student radio for your college. but this is not always the case, as some radio stations will hire a celebrity presenter based on there fan base, and hoe popular they are.

Essential knowledge?

To become a great presenter you will need a few if not all of the following :

excellent presentation and performance skills

ability to generate original ideas, and to think creatively about how to communicate them

an understanding of how to use the voice effectively for radio

ability to build credibility and rapport by communicating knowledgably and engagingly with audiences

determination and tenacity

excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to draw information from people

knowledge of the Radio market, different station and programme styles, and audience demographics

a comprehensive knowledge of subjects relevant to the Radio genre in which they wish to work

ability to work independently but also as part of a team

self-motivation and adaptability

ability to work effectively under pressure, react quickly, and meet tight deadlines

knowledge of the law, ethics and industry regulation as they affect Radio production

knowledge of when it is necessary, and how to acquire, the relevant clearances and licenses, including copyright and music clearances

knowledge of the requirements of the relevant Health and Safety legislation and procedures

a high level of IT skills - particularly good word-processing and data handling skills

ability to learn how to use a variety of recording equipment and to operate different radio studios

ability to present while operating studio controls and co-ordinating a range of simultaneous technical activities

If you think these are some of the skills and knowledge that you have or need to learn more about how to be better in certain areas, why not go in and ask you local radio station. I'm sure they would be more than happy to help you out.

Traning and Qualifications?

Not needed that much? To be a Radio Presenter you don't need to have high levels of qualifications, although hey may come in handy they mainly want to know and have evidence of how much hands on work you have done within the radio job and how much experience you might have in specific areas.

Some Radio Presenters may be on the look out for those with higher level of education because they might have a degree in a specific genre or radio and might come useful.

Salary, work practices and conditions

The salary for a Radio Presenter varies dramatically, from volunteer work and earning nothing too becoming the next Jonathan Ross and earning around half a million pounds a week.
this all depends on a variate of things, from how well you present things no the radio, too how well known you are, and also how big you fan club is. but we all have to start somewhere.

Work practices and conditions are just a standard things, its kinda like a agreement you have with the company that you wont behave badly in the public eye, and you wont swear or say anything racial or offensive on air.