Фрилансеры

Freelances can do practically anything, including

researching, reporting, writing, photography, and casual subbing and production work. And they do not usually need to demonstrate any qualifications. Successful freelances usually have years of experience, many contacts, great self-discipline, and some understanding of how to run a business.

Some move from a full-time job because freelancing offers them more flexibility with their hours of work.

Some move from a job because of the promise of the high fees that a few freelances can command

There are no specific qualifications for freelancing, although some training providers

offer courses, and the main skills freelances must bring to bear on their work are persistence, organization, self-discipline and self-confidence bordering on arrogance

Радиорепортер

Radio reporters are similar in many ways to other reporters, insofar as they cover news stories.

For radio specifically, what one is interested in is good sound, in the same way that television reporters are specifically concerned with good pictures.

You are, therefore, looking for sound that illustrates your story, whether this takes the form of recorded interviews, live audio feeds from news conferences, sound effects, and so on.

Your job as a radio reporter is partly to make the listener feel as though they are on the scene with you.

The immediacy of the medium is one of the things that many radio reporters find Enjoyable

The worst thing about the job is that you really can't go into a lot of detail about a story. It's not like newspaper journalism, where a reader can re-read a story to make sure they've understood it fully. Radio is heard once, and once only, before it disappears into outer space. So you have to be concise, succinct and leave out a lot of detail that can give a print story depth. For that reason, analysis of current affairs is not easy on radio. Facts and figures have to be spread sparely through a story, or you will lose the listener's concentration.

One is also held hostage to technology; you may have a great recording on your minidisk, but if you drop it or bump it, you can lose everything. Factors like these can make radio very stressful to work in.

You need to develop strong interviewing skills to make it in radio. You need to be able to put a subject at ease, because if they're nervous, you can hear it in their voice. You need to be able to respond quickly with follow-up questions or comments, so that your recorded conversation sounds like a conversation, and not like an interview. You need to keep your questions short.

. You need to develop the ability not to say "Um", not to pause, and to speak in short sentences which make sense. That's a skill you can practice and learn. You need to speak clearly, and you should also practice reading smoothly aloud, so that you don't stumble when you're on air.

Телерепортер

The main role of a TV reporter is to present the news in a digestible format to the viewers.