SGN Project Vocabulary

The newscaster who hosts the studio portion of the newscast. The anchor is the dominant voice in the presentation of the news to the audience. S/he must be proficient in writing, producing, and editing the news.

• Anchor

• Headlines

• lead

• Producer

A kind of "tease" read at the beginning of a newscast.

• Headlines

• Segment

• Montage

• Anecdote

The first line/paragraph of body of story that summarizes/indicates most important information.

• lead

• Producer

• Run Down

• Anecdote

Plans and supervises newscast. Can also work with reporters in the field planning and gathering information for stories.

• Producer

• Montage

• Anecdote

• T-Script

Also known as the Lineup - A chronological outline or order of stories or segments to be used in a newscast. This is the producer's blueprint for the newscast.

• Run Down

• Anecdote

• Montage

• T-Script

A script shaped like a “T’ where one describes the audio of what will be said/hear and the video to accompany it.

• T-Script

• Montage

• Headlines

• Anchor

a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

• Anecdote

• T-Script

• lead

• Headlines

a technique of film editing that combines a series of short shots or clips into one sequence, often set to music. The word montage is French for “assembly” or “editing.”

• Montage

• Anecdote

• Producer

• Headlines

A Section of the newscast. It can be a string of multiple stories of similar newscasts (like a collection of sports clips for a “sports segment”) or just 1 story.

• Segment

• Producer

• Headlines

• Anecdote