Job Roles

Script editors

Script editors are members of the production team of scripted television programs, usually dramas and comedies. They have many responsibilities like finding new scriptwriters, developing storyline and series ideas with writers, ensuring that scripts are suitable for work and production. They may make suggestions on things to change and ideas they have to solve problems but their overall concern is to ensure the vision of the writer (and possibly producer) is fulfilled as strongly as possible. Also feedback for the writer will be overseen by the script editors, building up a relationship to help them judge how best to provide notes on the script.

Producers

Television producers are people who oversee all aspects of video production on a television program. There are a variety of different producers on a television show. A traditional producer is one who manages a show's budget and maintains a schedule, but this is no longer the case in modern television. Currently, the producer and the writer are usually the same person. Producers have a wide range of responsibility, which often includes scheduling, budget, talent management and creative control. They can be in charge of everything from the programs inception to pot production.

Directors

They are responsible for the look and sound of a production and its technical standards. They work closely with producers/ writers enhancing, refining and realizing original ideas into finished programs. Directors must be able to push boundaries while remaining in total control of their material. They work across all genres. Before meeting with the other commissioning roles they read through the scripts first. Directors cue all movements; provide countdowns and shot/ role callings.

Writers

Screenwriting, which also goes by scriptwriting, is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media like film, TV and other platforms like video games. Its typically frequently a free lance job. When a writers script is picked by a company they are involved in many aspects like they will be the one to hire a director for a given episode and work with a line producer to hire a crew while also over looking casting and post production.

In recent years a major change has happened in television production. Studios are no longer spending millions of pounds on long term development contracts with writers hoping that they provide them with a hit show for the company and studio. Writers are also engaged to create or contribute to pilot scripts to be considered for development.

Agents

Agents are people who are authorized to act on behalf of another being. They take charge of their career and help them find roles and jobs for people and do the hard stuff like negotiating prices and job contracts.

Commissioning editors

This job role is mostly known with magazine and book publishings but can also take part in media products to, commissioning editors commission writers to produce articles, features and other things like that. Usually this job role is responsible for ensuring that clients under contracts deliver type scripts to specification  and on time.

Journalistic Contexts

Print

News Papers

News papers are most commonly published daily or weekly. Newspapers are a serial publication including information articles, news, advice and often have allot of advertising. Papers are usually printed on relatively cheap low grade paper such as newsprint. Interviews often take place in newspapers and which most of these stories will be done by phone interviews. A reporter will call and conduct a phone interview and write their own story based off the information. Some publications will run press releases with other reporters from different companies.

Magazines

Magazines are also printed but can often tend to be more flashy and glamorous although there still are load of different magazines that very from subject like fashion to kids to educational.

On-line

Websites/ On-line Newspapers/ Magazines

An on-line newspaper is the on-line version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the on-line version of a printed periodical. This kinds of sites have become bigger and better due to the rise in technology where it can be easier to read a newspaper on-line than having to go and and say buy one from the shop.
On-line newspapers are much like hard-copy newspapers and have the same legal boundaries, such as laws regarding libel, privacy and copyright, Also apply to on-line publications in most countries, like in the UK. News reporters are being taught to shoot video and to write in the succinct manner necessary for the Internet news pages. Many are learning how to implement blogs. Take for instance the The Huffington Post which is largly respected and popular American online news aggregator and blog, that has localised international editions. Example

Television

Documentaries

A documentary is a broad term to describe a non-fiction movie that in some way "documents" or captures reality.  These can range from anything as you can make a documentary about anything.

Documentaries are often used to reveal an unusual, interesting or unknown angle. Documentary film-makers are often motivated to make their films because they feel a particular story or viewpoint is not being covered by mainstream media

News

The news is every where on all forms of devices but most commonly known with being on television allowing people to sit down and watch it. What makes this better than other forms of access to the news is that there's no reading needed the news reporters say everything and can go in more detail and show off more there are a lot less contritions and room to be able to do stuff like special effects to show footage, charts and stats.

Chat Shows

Usually guests consist of a group of people who are learned or who have experience in relation to whatever issue or topic is being discussed on the show for that episode. 

Talk Shows/ Podcasts/ Radio

Pod casts and online talk shows have lots of different topics and don't really have to stick to one subject. If they ever get people to come on as a guest they often ask any questions they want as they don't have to have tv censorship and online age doesn't matter.

Issues In Factual Programming.

Accuracy

Accuracy is to make sure your audience trusts you and your stories, if you consistently make mistakes and provide wrong information your audience will lose interest and your trust will be gone and they wont want to return. Factual programmes need to be accurate as they are required to give out correct information to viewers to ensure that they will not be misled. Its best to get the right information if lots of research has be done before hand, this cant always be done if something needs to be reported on right away.

Balance

Balance is keeping factual programmes fair to both sides of the topic its discussing. What this is, is when something is kept equal on both sides, by this I mean that factual programmes have to portray both sides of a story or news report. An example of this is when a factual programme has a story involving witnesses a witness would be needed for both perspectives and view points. This is done so that it doesn't seem biased. If things or view points are ignored then its classed as being biased.

Representation

This is how something is portrayed or the stereotype of a certain thing. Representation can be done in different ways for example if a documentary is being filmed and the main person who is being filmed is supposed to be portrayed as a good or friendly guy when viewers will be shown footage of him smiling, laughing and other things like that but if people wanted them to be portrayed as a bad guy then footage would be filmed of him in a bad mood, bad lighting and not any footage of him smiling and things like that. Representations is just making someone look how ever people creating a factual program wants them to look.

Privacy

Privacy is a major issue in TV programming because people have the right of privacy and to be in a state of being free from the public attention, although the media have a right to freedom of expression and often argue over the fact that they should be able to develop/ produce anything they believe is in the public's best interest.

Contract with viewer 

Is where  you have made a pact with viewers to give them with the information you said you would, as well as it being precise, accurate and interesting along with the truth. Programmes also have to be true to what you are portraying like for instance if you were to make a program all about sea monster then the viewers are expecting a show about that topic and not something completely different.

Interview Styling.

Various Styles Of Interviews

Combative

This type of interview will not be light hearted and no humour would be involved, also the interviewers approach to the interviewee would be very serious. The tactics behind this are to get direct, smooth and clear answers trying to produce them as swiftly as possible as not to waste time and get results that are wanted. The interview may end up in a disagreement between the people in evolved as the interviewer will be very confrontational during this and towards the interviewee as well making sure to get answers.

The most common type of question used in these types of interviews are "suggestive" as to get clear answers but all the while "open" style questions will be used so that interviewees and go in and give a more detailed answer this also helps keep the flow of conversation running so it feels more natural and less awkward pauses. Suggestive questions are probably used best when delivering hard news.

Light Hearted

Light hearted interviews have more of a relaxed, calm and casual feel to them, nothing to serious but also not all laughs and jokes.

Entertainment

Entertainment interviews are much more relaxed and often happen in front of an audience and very informal. These types of interviews don't really talk about emotional/ personal topics as they go more for funny story's and what they are doing in their careers at the moment. A lot of jokes are a factor in entertainment interviews and bits are set up for laughs so people enjoy it more and get more views.

Investigative

These styles of interviews are more serious with much less comedy value but at the same can still be friendly. The aim of these interviews are to get straight to the point and ask the tough questions that people want to know, whether these questions are emotional, painful, hard to talk about or just about the interviewees life and job they can be asked to get people to open up more or just to get a reaction.

Promotional

These are most commonly done by celebrities/ artists who are wanting to promote their work. This works out well as people want to get their work out there as well as news channels are also wanting more. Getting famous people to come on and talk about their products is a huge advantage for both party's and boosting viewers.