A TV presenter conducts news, entertainment and sports
programs, comments on competitions and matches, prepares materials used in the
broadcast, keeps the conversation with guests in the studio on record or live,
commenting on the subjects shown in the television program.
Professionally important employee qualities
Psychophysiological parameters
Emotional-psychological
stability, self-control, developed long-term and operational memory, high level
of concentration, distribution and switching of attention, good eyesight and
hearing, excellent diction, telegenic appearance.
Personal qualities
Responsibility and accuracy, observation, hard work skills, self-organization, curiosity, independence, the ability to persuade, competent speech, the ability to work in a team, the ability to overcome fear of the camera.
Intellectual qualities
Ability to synthesize knowledge from various fields of activity, analytical thinking, visual-figurative thinking.
Knowledge, skills
The TV presenter should have deep and versatile knowledge, firstly, in philology, journalism, the language of the broadcasts, and secondly, in the ability to quickly comprehend and understand the context of the upcoming broadcast. The presenter’s competence includes creativity - the ability to generate new original ideas, initiative - the willingness to take on new tasks, implement new approaches to expanding the topic, developed intuition - the ability to anticipate the development of events, the discussion situation in the studio, this includes social adaptability - the ability to understand and to support positive changes in life and in the course of discussion, speech skills - stress resistance, sincerity and naturalness of self-expression. The richness of the verbal language - a system of words, expressions and rules for their combination in meaningful statements, and the language of non-verbal - intonation, facial expressions, gestures, poses.
The terms of the work of the presenter suggests the publicity of life, there may be obsessive fans. Often involves unpredictable, irregular working hours. The work takes place in a television studio, in conditions of strict regulation of the transmission time. TV presenter’s work.
Skill level
Working conditions
The terms of the work of the presenter suggests the publicity of life, there may be obsessive fans. Often involves unpredictable, irregular working hours. The work takes place in a television studio, in conditions of strict regulation of the transmission time. TV presenter’s work.
Medical contraindications
Obvious deviations in health, especially those that affect the appearance and physical endurance, a tendency to colds, delays in intellectual development, speech defects, obvious defects in appearance.
Training requirements
The profession of TV presenter can be obtained by studying at a university in the speciality 5B050400 - Journalism.
UNT (unified national test) entrance exams
The major subjects on
the UNT-two creative exams.
Occupied segment of the labor market
Position range
TV presenter of television programs, presenter of the author’s program, director of programs, general director of the television company. The level of salary depends on the popularity of the presenter.
The possibility of entrepreneurial and individual labor activity
By the specifics of the profession, the TV presenter can participate in entrepreneurial activity in the structure of a private enterprise, and cannot engage in individual labor activity.
Demand for the profession in the labor market
The profession of TV presenter is in demand on television channels, production centers.
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