A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of radio or television news gathering staff. Responsibilities include:

• Maintains contact with outside news agencies, police and fire departments, and other news sources to obtain information regarding developing news items.
• Determines priority and assigns coverage to news units.
• Originates or approves ideas for news features.
• Confers with director, news and department heads to coordinate production activities.
• Reads and edits news copy to ensure that slanderous, libelous, and profane statements are avoided or deleted.
• Prepares rundown of news stories and assignment sheets, using computer.
• Communicates with reporters on assignments, using two-way radio.
• May direct or participate in writing and editing activities.