ABSTRACT
Work on a news program is unlike work on a magazine program because: For example, it would not be considered unusual for a news operation to need a relief map of the Middle East or Bosnia-Herzegovina within an hour or less. The director of the news is responsible for the actual hands-on work of putting the broadcast on the air. To understand the basics of directing and producing news programs, it's important to be familiar with what is known in television production as the "wraparound" format. If most of the stories presented are current, then the program is a news program. If the story is an ongoing one, then it still may be a part of a news program, but it is more likely to be part of a news magazine program. This distinction follows the common printed forms: the newspaper and the news magazine.
