director/editor -news

[tali122]

am i correct in assuming editors and directors for news programmes are very different from their film/cinema namesakes? , what does a director direct on a news programme? - he cant tell the newsreaders how to act to get the right delivery can he? "come on sir trevor this time with more emotion darling"

[FC]

No, but someone needs to decide what filler material to put in, what graphics to allow on and what not to, what goes into the teleprompter... etc.

[roomby]

he also runs the program, switching to vt at the right time, choosing which camera to use etc.