News presenter
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A news presenter (also known as newsreader, newscaster, anchorman or anchorwoman, and news anchor) is a person who presents a news show on television, radio or the Internet.
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A newscaster is a presenter of a news bulletin who is himself or herself a working journalist and news gatherer as well as a participant in compiling the script to be delivered in a news bulletin.
Prior to the television era, radio-news broadcasts often mixed news with opinion and each presenter strove for a distinctive style.[citation needed] These presenters were referred to as commentators. The last remaining news presenter of this type was Paul Harvey.[citation needed] The term "newscaster" came into common use to distinguish presenters of straight news broadcasts from commentators.[citation needed]
In the UK, ITN's presenters are referred to as newscasters (and have been since the 1950s)[citation needed], whilst those working at the BBC are called newsreaders.
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In the United States and Canada, news anchors (also known as "anchorpersons", "anchormen", or "anchorwomen") present material prepared for a news program and, at times, must improvise commentary for live presentation. Many news anchors are also involved in writing and/or editing the news for their programmes.
The term "anchor man" was used to describe Walter Cronkite's role at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions;[1] in the Swedish language, a news anchor is called a cronkiter.[2]
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- ^ Zimmer, Ben (2009-07-18). "Was Cronkite Really the First "Anchorman"? How we came to use the term". Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2223188/.
- ^ Walter Cronkite dies, a July 17, 2009 article from the Philadelphia Inquirer
