During his military tenure, he attended the University of North Carolina
to earn his master's degree in radio, television, and motion picture
production.
Retiring from the military in 1991, Roberts returned to BYU to work
on his Ph.D. and to teach. He was immediately offered an associate news
director position and has since become the general manager of KBYU
television station. He completed his doctorate degree in instructional psy-
chology and technology. "I guess I had interest in enrichment for a long
time. I'm in a perfect position now, because I get to apply what I know
about instructional psychology, technology, and creative media with BYU
television channel. It's pretty exciting."
Job Overview
Correspondents are individuals employed by news agencies to con-
tribute regular news stories from locations around the world. A former
CNN Correspondent Overseas, stationed in Seoul, Jeanne Ringe was
charged with reporting from Korea three times a week on business, eco-
nomics, political, military, and other areas of interest. Sometimes an on-
air reporter works with a producer who edits their script, or the script
may be sent in to the assignment desk, where an assignment editor
checks it for accuracy and so forth. In Ringe's case, she was responsible
for writing and producing her own segments.
Job Overview
Assignments vary, but some of a news producer's functions include:
searching out potential guests, conducting pre-interviews and writing
them up, making arrangements for interviews to be taped, and producing
segments. After filming, the news producer may work with an editor to
edit the story, and arrange for the correspondent to do a voice-over. Some
producers may also be charged with writing segments or editing copy.
JOB TITLE: NEWS PRODUCER
JOB TITLE: NEWS CORRESPONDENT,
CORRESPONDENT OVERSEAS,
OR CORRESPONDENT
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