The Collar360

News anchor

Other names

newscaster, business news anchor, news broadcaster, news presenter, TV news anchor, anchor, chief anchor, TV news presenter, broadcast news analyst, newsreader, radio news presenter, anchorman

Film, TV, radio and photography

They read the news on radio and television, introduce reports from other reporters, and write and prepare the stories.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Read news flashes to inform audiences of important events.

  2. 2

    Identify stations, and introduce or close shows, ad-libbing or using memorised or read scripts.

  3. 3

    Study background information to prepare for programmes or interviews.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
présentateur de journal/présentatrice de journal
español
presentador de informativos en televisión o radio/presentadora de informativos en televisión o radio
العربية
مذيع الأخبار / مذيعة الأخبار
português
Apresentador de noticiário/Apresentadora de noticiário
Deutsch
Nachrichtenmoderator/Nachrichtenmoderatorin
italiano
conduttore di notiziari/conduttrice di notiziari

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