Your Questions About Breaking News

Mark asks…How do reporters get breaking news?You always hear news reporters/anchors saying that they get breaking news on their blackberrys. Who/what sends them this info?admin answers:TV News Stations get their breaking news from listening to scanners at the assignment desk. These scanners are police/ fire dispatchers communicating to each other. The assignment editor who works on the assignment desk has to listen carefully for certain terms, and usually thats how they will get breaking news.

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