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    Betty Cole Dukert on advice to aspiring news producers

    00:47
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    Av Westin on the importance of the producer in television news

    03:09
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    Lowell Bergman on working for 20/20 and the differences between reporters and producers

    06:28
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    Jeff Fager on concerns over libel claims as a news producer: "these aren't legal issues, they're fairness issues"

    00:52
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    Sanford Socolow on his role and Don Hewitt's role as producers of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

    02:59
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    Robert MacNeil on editing news stories 

    03:37

    Robert G. Anderson

    Robert G. Anderson on being rejected by television news stations as an on-air correspondent, and realizing he could be a producer

    02:48

    Robert G. Anderson on the importance of post-production on a 60 Minutes piece, and on the difference between cutting for a documentary-style piece versus a news piece: "it has to work for the ear"

    03:56

    Robert G. Anderson on the challenges of being a news producer, and on handling the unexpected

    01:10

    Robert G. Anderson on the best part of being a producer: "it's a do-gooder business"

    00:48

    Lowell Bergman

    Lowell Bergman on dealing with deadlines

    01:19

    Lowell Bergman on working for 20/20 and the differences between reporters and producers

    06:28

    Lowell Bergman on reporting for ABC News and dealing with media savvy subjects

    04:44

    Lowell Bergman on producing news stories from dangerous places

    02:38

    Lowell Bergman on advice to an aspiring journalist

    00:25

    Linda Bell Blue

    Linda Bell Blue on her management style as a producer

    01:27

    Linda Bell Blue on the format of  Entertainment Tonight and keeping the audience tuned in

    04:01

    Linda Bell Blue on how ideas go from pitch to actual story on Entertainment Tonight

    01:22

    Linda Bell Blue on advice to aspiring news producers

    04:34

    Betty Cole Dukert

    Betty Cole Dukert on setting ground rules for the reporters on Meet the Press

    06:51

    Betty Cole Dukert on advice to aspiring news producers

    00:47

    Jeff Fager

    Jeff Fager on his first job as a producer on the 11 o'clock news at KPIX in San Francisco

    01:09

    Jeff Fager on his first job at CBS News, on the overnight news show, Nightwatch

    03:42

    Jeff Fager on stories he worked on as producer of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather in London

    09:18

    Jeff Fager on how Don Hewitt's philosophy of news influenced him as producer of 60 Minutes

    02:36

    Jeff Fager on producing hard news versus entertainment stories: he prefers "entertaining stories" on CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes

    01:24

    Jeff Fager on the production of 60 Minutes: pitching stories and how he approves or rejects story ideas

    04:22

    Jeff Fager on the process of developing stories for 60 Minutes

    03:27

    Jeff Fager on the process of editing and occasionally reshooting stories on 60 Minutes

    03:54

    Jeff Fager on moving from producer to executive producer after having gathered enough experience in the field to be an effective editor of others' stories

    03:41

    Jeff Fager on being executive producer of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather at a time when news was becoming more sensational

    03:18

    Jeff Fager on the responsibility he felt in producing news stories in the wake of 9/11

    02:17

    Jeff Fager on bringing on younger correspondents when he became executive producer of 60 Minutes and the importance of diversity

    01:27

    Jeff Fager on balancing his roles as Chairman of CBS News and executive producer of 60 Minutes and his proudest achievements as Chairman

    04:19

    Jeff Fager on concerns over libel claims as a news producer: "these aren't legal issues, they're fairness issues"

    00:52

    Jeff Fager on the most difficult and the most exciting part about being executive producer of 60 Minutes

    01:27

    Jeff Fager on the best advice he received on producing a story, from Don Hewitt

    01:42

    Murray Fromson

    Murray Fromson on what was involved with being the field producer for CBS News' coverage of Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign

    00:40

    Don Hewitt

    Don Hewitt on the most rewarding aspect of being a producer of television news, and on what represents the best of television

    03:06

    Lucy Jarvis

    Lucy Jarvis on advice to aspiring documentarians

    00:37

    Lucy Jarvis on what makes a good news/documentary program

    02:12

    Robert MacNeil

    Robert MacNeil on editing news stories 

    03:37

    Robert MacNeil on the logistics of The MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour and hiring staff for the show

    02:03

    Robert MacNeil on doing the assignments for The MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour and writing his scripts

    02:21

    Robert MacNeil on how he goes about researching a story he's covering and his interview technique

    06:17

    Robert MacNeil on the difference between serious journalism and not serious journalism

    02:20

    Robert MacNeil on the journalist's code of ethics

    02:32

    Bill Monroe

    Bill Monroe on covering politics at WDSU in New Orleans, and on setting up camera in the legislature

    06:01

    Bill Monroe on the introduction of editorials on local news shows, like WDSU, and on their editorials on school desegregation

    08:43

    Soledad O'Brien

    Soledad O'Brien on what she learned working for Bob Bazell as his associate producer at NBC Nightly News; on enjoying traveling for work

    03:46

    Sanford Socolow

    Sanford Socolow on his role and Don Hewitt's role as producers of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

    02:59

    Sanford Socolow on not becoming Executive Producer of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite when producer Ernie Lizer stepped down

    02:19

    Sanford Socolow on advice to an aspiring news producer

    01:07

    Av Westin

    Av Westin on the importance of the producer in television news

    03:09

    Av Westin on advice to aspiring journalists

    01:08

    Av Westin on the career path he'd take if he were starting out in 2011

    00:54

    Perry Wolff

    Perry Wolff on Standards and Practices he applies to television documentaries

    04:05

    Perry Wolff on his greatest achievement and his advice to aspiring television documentary filmmakers 

    02:24

    The successful production of each newscast is the responsibility of a producer, who in the smallest markets may double as anchor or news director. The producer must ensure that every element of the production is ready at airtime, and deal with any problems or changes while the newscast is on the air. In large news departments this involves the coordination of dozens of reporters, videographers (often also known as photojournalists or photographers), writers, feature producers, videotape editors, graphic artists, and other specialized staff. They work closely with the on-air talent--the anchors and sports and weathercasters--to develop the lineup (story order) of the newscast and write portions of the show not provided by reporters or news writers.

    -Chris Paterson

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