Sub: Fundamentals of TV Journalism
Topic: Live Reporting for TV
Prepared by: Ms. Shailmadhur
Assistant Professor
UIMS, Chandigarh University
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Course Objectives
• To understand Live Reporting.
• To be aware about the roles & responsibilities
of TV Journalist
• To know the requirement of television
journalism.
• To understand the process process of
television news production.
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Objectives of the Topic
• To understand the process of Live reporting
• Process of conducting live
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LIVE REPORTING

• Broadcasting an event as it takes place
• Reporter is present at the location
• Audience witness live images and sound

Process of LIVE reporting
• Coordinated process
• Several things take place simultaneously
• Reporter is present at the location
• Equipments: OB Van or LIVE U

• Reporter observes and explains the event
• Up linking and down linking
• Live from different locations.
• Different inputs comes to PCR

• Signals from the studio camera covering
anchor also reaches to PCR
• Technical staff in PCR keep switching between
various signals.

Common Terms
• Logsheet: list mentions OK takes along with
the time codes
• ETA: Estimated time of Arrival
• TC: Timecode; a numeric code which appears
near the bottom of the screen

• Ingest: it is a technical facility with its own
staff. It consists of a server to which various
computers terminals are connected.
• Staff of ingest captures the OK takes
mentioned in log sheet.

Course Outcome
• To understand the television Journalism.
• To be aware about the roles & responsibilities
of cameraman in television journalism.
• To know the requirement of television
journalism.
• To understand the process process of
television news production.

Topic’s Outcome
• Understanding about conducting Live
• Understanding about conducting Live
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References
• Broadcast News Handbook: Writing,
Reporting, and Producing
• Keith, Michael C & Krause, Joseph M. (1989)
— “The Radio Station” published by Focal
Press, Boston, London.
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• Bhatt, S.C. (1995) — “Broadcast Journalism
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