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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".

Different roles

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.

In America, the term newscaster is no longer widely used. Almost all presenters of news broadcasts are referred to as anchors. 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 (and have been since the 1950s), whilst those working at the BBC are called newsreaders.

News anchor

A news anchor traditionally is a television personality who presents material prepared for a news program and at times must improvise commentary for live presentation. The term is primarily used in the United States and Canada. Many news anchors are also involved in writing and/or editing the news for their programmes.

The term anchor (sometimes anchorperson, anchorman, or anchorwoman) 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.

Notable news presenters

American news anchors

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Australian newsreaders

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Brazilian newsreaders

British newsreaders and newscasters

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Canadian news anchors

Chinese news anchors

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

Colombian newsreaders

Finnish newsreaders

French newsreaders

German newsreaders

Greek newsreaders

Hong Kong news anchors

Indian newsreaders

Irish newscasters

Irish newsreaders

Israeli newsreaders

Japanese newscasters

Latin American newsreaders

New Zealand newsreaders

Pakistani newsreaders

Philippine newscasters

Romanian newsreaders

Singaporean newsreaders

Soviet and Russian newsreaders

Tatar newsreaders

Spanish newsreaders

Sri Lankan newsreaders

Trinidad & Tobago newsreaders

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