Job Role

NEWS SUB/ AV PRODUCER
News subs / AV editors
Edit news copy as supplied by reporters and create pages within supplied page formats.
Also edit and produce features pages if required to do so.
Make sure all copy is written in line with house style (BBC – copy is available from production editor).
Write page headlines, cross-heads and picture captions as appropriate. Process photos and place on page according to editorial format
Post finished pages to the site as directed.
Check pages produced by other sub-editors as directed.
Staff the newsroom. Deputise for the chief sub if required to do so.
Write material of various sites for the site as directed and if time is available.
You will be trained on the use of Joomla – but if there is anything you are unsure of, such as inserting pictures, ask the production editor for help.
As AV editors you will be expected to assist the production editor in a number of tasks: running the studio, organizing OBs, post-production of video and audio. You will receive “on the job” training on these tasks from the production editor and others.
The newsroom is full of other students with a great deal of experience in running Winol – you are expected to use this expertise. This means asking for help rather than giving up or putting off a task.
Read papers, watch news – copy the best of what you see.
Answer to the chief sub/ production editor.