A is, broadly speaking, a person that presents a News Show on Television , Radio or the Internet . The term is not commonly used by people in the industry as they tend to use more descriptive, and sometimes country-specific, terms. Examples include "'''newsreader'''", "'''newscaster'''", and "'''news anchor'''".
A is a presenter of a news bulletin who is himself or herself a working Journalist and news gatherer, and a participant in compiling the script to be delivered in a news bulletin.
The American use of the term is presumed to have been coined in the 1980s to distinguish active journalists from newsreaders, the previous type of news presenter.
However in the UK, ITN 's presenters are referred to as newscasters (and have been since the 1950s), whilst those working at the BBC are called newsreaders.
A is a television personality who presents material prepared for a news program and at times must improvise commentary for live presentation. The term is primarily used in the United States and Canada. Many news anchors are also involved in writing and/or editing the news for their programs. Sometimes news anchors interview guests and moderate panels or discussions. Some provide commentary for the audience during parades and other events.
The term ''anchor'' (sometimes , '''anchorman''', or '''anchorwoman''') was coined by CBS News producer Don Hewitt . CBS cites its first usage as being on July 7 , 1952 to describe Walter Cronkite 's role at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions . According to Hewitt, the term was in reference to the "anchor leg" of a Relay Race .
- John Tesh
- Mark Thompson (TV)
- Marie Torre
- Tina Tyus-Shaw , WSAV
- Greta Van Susteren
- Meredith Vieira
- Chris Wallace (journalist)
- Mike Wallace (journalist)
- Barbara Walters
- Bob Weaver
- Mary Alice Williams
- Pete Williams
- Steve Wilson (reporter)
- Al Wiman
- Victor Wong
- Chris Wragge
- Kareen Wynter
- Gideon Yago
- Toni Yates
- Bob Young (news Anchor)
- Arnold Zenker
- Marvin Zindler
- Miles O'Brien (journalist)
- Lester Holt -Today
- Ernie Anastos - WNYW Former WABC and WCBS
- Jim Gardner - WPVI
- Paul Moyer -KNBC Former KABC
- Matt Lauer -Today
- Nancy Loo _WFLD Former WABC
- Chuck Scarborough -WNBC
- Sue Simmons -WNBC
- Liz Cho -WABC Former ABC News
- John Stossel -20/20
- Bill Ritter -WABC
- Kent Shocknek - KCBS
- Carol Marin - WBBM
- Jim Jensen -Former WCBS (deceased)
- Bree Walker -Former KGTV KCBS AND WCBS
- Rudi Bakhtiar , formerly at CNN and now at Fox News as a correspondent
- Bill Bonds , formerly of WXYZ , WABC and KABC
- Bill Beutel (deceased), WABC-TV formerly ABC News
- Ed Bradley (deceased), CBS News
- David Brinkley (deceased), '' The Huntley-Brinkley Report '' ( NBC )
- Tom Brokaw (semi-retired), NBC News
- Wolf Blitzer , CNN
- Aaron Brown , formerly at CNN and ABC News
- John Chancellor (deceased), '' NBC Nightly News ''
- Connie Chung
- Amanda Congdon , Rocketboom
- Anderson Cooper , CNN
- Katie Couric , CBS News , formerly of NBC's Today Show
- Walter Cronkite (retired), CBS News
- John Charles Daly (deceased) ABC News
- Ann Curry , The Today Show , Dateline NBC
- Sam Donaldson , ABC News
- Lou Dobbs , CNN
- Hugh Downs (retired), ABC News ' 20/20 , formerly at NBC News
- Douglas Edwards (deceased), CBS News , 1950s
- Hal Fishman KTLA-TV
- Dave Garroway (deceased), " Today Show " NBC
- Charles Gibson , ABC News
- John Gibson , FOX News
- Nancy Grace , CNN
- Enrique Gratas , Univision
- Roger Grimsby (deceased) formerly of WABC-TV , KGO-TV and WNBC
- Bryant Gumbel , former anchor of NBC's Today Show and CBS' The Early Show
- Brit Hume , FOX News formerly ABC News
- Chet Huntley (deceased), '' The Huntley-Brinkley Report '' ( NBC )
- Chris Jansing , MSNBC
- Peter Jennings (deceased), ABC News
- Ted Koppel , ABC News , '' Nightline '' , Discovery Channel
- Nicole Lapin (News Anchor), CNN , CNN Pipeline , Headline News
- Jim Lehrer , '' The Newshour With Jim Lehrer '' ( PBS )
- Dan Lewis , KOMO-TV News
- Frank McGee (deceased), NBC News
- Robert MacNeil (retired), '' The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour '' ( PBS )
- Roger Mudd , CBS News , NBC News , History Channel
- Edward R. Murrow (deceased)
- Keith Olbermann , MSNBC
- Bill O'Reilly , FOX News
- Jane Pauley (retired), NBC News
- Stone Phillips , Dateline NBC
- Harry Reasoner (deceased), CBS News and ABC News
- Frank Reynolds (deceased), ABC News
- Dan Rather (retired), CBS News
- John Roberts (television Reporter) , CBS News , CNN
- Robin Roberts , ABC News
- Max Robinson (deceased), ABC News
- Tim Russert , NBC News
- Jessica Savitch (deceased), NBC News and '' Frontline (PBS) ''
- Diane Sawyer , ABC News
- Bernard Shaw (retired), CNN
- Bob Schieffer , '' CBS News ''
- Maria Shriver (on leave of absence), NBC News
- Howard K. Smith (deceased), ABC News previously at CBS News
- Shepard Smith , FOX News
- Garrick Utley , CNN formerly NBC News and later ABC News
- Lori Stokes , WABC
- Sade Baderinwa , WABC
- Elizabeth Vargas , ABC News
- Chris Wallace , Fox News formerly at NBC News and later ABC News
- Mike Wallace (retired), " 60 Minutes " CBS
- Barbara Walters , ABC News
- Lee Webb , Christian Broadcasting Network
- Brian Williams , '' NBC Nightly News ''
- Bob Woodruff (on extended absence), ABC News (Bob Woodruff and Judy Woodruff are not related).
- Judy Woodruff (retired), '' Frontline (PBS) '' and CNN
- Paula Zahn , CNN
- Michael Aspel , BBC ''Nine O'Clock News'' in the 1960s.
- Mark Austin , ITN '' ITV Evening News '' and '' ITV News At 10.30 ''.
- Zeinab Badawi , Previously ''Channel 4 News'', Now at BBC World , presenting World News Today at 18.00 UK time.
- Richard Baker , BBC ''Nine O'Clock News'' co-presenter in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Sir Alastair Burnet , ITN longtime presenter of '' News At Ten ''.
- Fiona Bruce , '' BBC Ten O'Clock News ''.
- Sir Robin Day , ITN presenter in the 1950s and 1960s.
- Huw Edwards , ''BBC Ten O'Clock News''.
- Michael Buerk , BBC.
- Dominic Byrne , BBC Radio 1 .
- Jill Dando , BBC presenter.
- Alan Dedicoat , BBC Radio 2 Newsreader (Also National Lottery's "Voice of the Balls".)
- Katie Derham , ITN, presenting the '' ITV Lunchtime News ''.
- Daljit Dhaliwal , formerly of ITN and CNN
- Peter Donaldson , BBC Radio 4
- Anna Ford , ITN ''News at Ten'', retired from BBC in 2006, where she presented the '' BBC One O'Clock News ''.
- Juliette Foster , SKY News .
- Sandy Gall , ITN 1963 to 1992, part of the original team of News At Ten in 1967.
- Krishnan Guru-Murthy , '' Channel 4 News ''
- Darren Jordon , Al-Jazeera (from November 2006)
- Natasha Kaplinsky , '' BBC Six O'Clock News ''.
- Kenneth Kendall , BBC ''Nine O'Clock News'' co-presenter in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Sheena McDonald , ''Channel 4 News'' presenter in the 1990s.
- Sir Trevor McDonald , ITN, '' Tonight ''.
- Anne MacKenzie , BBC Scotland, presenter of '' BBC Newsnight Scotland ''.
- Leonard Parkin , ITN newsreader in the 1970s and 1980s.
- John "Boggy" Marsh , BBC Radio 2 Newsreader, frequently on Wake Up To Wogan
- Cliff Michelmore , Presenter, '' Tonight ''
- Guy Michelmore , Presenter, ''BBC South East News''
- Shereen Nanjiani , Scottish TV.
- Suzanne Virdee , formerly ''BBC Nine O'Clock News''. Now ''BBC Midlands Today''.
- Sophie Raworth , ''BBC One O'Clock News''.
- Susan Osman , ''BBC News 24''.
- Moira Stuart , Previously of '' BBC Nine O'Clock News '', later BBC Breakfast . Now presents the BBC's Weekend Bulletins.
- Jon Snow , ''Channel 4 News''.
- Peter Sissons , ''Channel 4 News'', later BBC ''Nine O'Clock News''. Now BBC News 24 .
- Justin Webb , ''Manchester Evening News''.
- Richard Whitmore (retired), BBC.
- Jon Sopel , BBC.
- Jeremy Paxman , BBC, now presenter of '' Newsnight ''.
- Angela Rippon , BBC, then the (now defunct) '' ITV News Channel ''.
- Kirsty Young , '' Five News ''.
- Rob Matheson , '' BBC Scotland ''.
- Reginald Bosanquet , ITN presenter
- Stephen Lee , ITV
- Earl Cameron (deceased), '' The National News '' ( CBC )
- Bernard Derome , '' Le Téléjournal '' ( SRC )
- Barbara Frum (deceased), '' The Journal '' ( CBC )
- Ian Hanomansing , '' Canada Now '' ( CBC )
- Peter Kent , '' The National '' ( CBC ) and '' First National '' ( Global )
- Harvey Kirck (deceased), '' CTV National News '' ( CTV )
- Peter Mansbridge , '' The National '' ( CBC )
- Knowlton Nash (retired), '' The National '' ( CBC )
- Tara Nelson , '' Global National '' ( Global )
- Kevin Newman , '' Global National '' ( Global )
- Tony Parsons , '' Canada Tonight ''
- Sandie Rinaldo , '' CTV National News '' ( CTV )
- Lloyd Robertson , '' CTV National News '' ( CTV )
- Mutsumi Takahashi , '' CTV News Montreal '' ( CTV )
- , '' Les Nouvelles TVA '', first North American solo national news anchorwoman (in 2002 )
- Pamela Wallin , '' Canada AM '' ( CTV ) and '' Prime Time News '' ( CBC )
See Also: List of News Anchors in India
- Sukanya Balakrishnan , All India Radio
- Prannoy Roy , NDTV
- Barkha Dutt , NDTV
- Rajdeep Sardesai , CNN-IBN , formerly with NDTV
- Vikram Chandra , NDTV
- Naveen Soni , Zee Business, formerly with CNBC
- Sumit Awasthi , IBN 7
- ((Munawwar Alam )), DD NEWS & AIR NEWS (URDU)
- Sunit Tandon , DD NEWS & AIR
- Hilary Barry , 3 News
- Suzy Clarkson , Prime News
- Simon Dallow , One News
- Kate Hawkesby , One News
- Carly Kirkwood , 3 News
- Mike McRoberts , 3 News
- Wendy Petrie , One News
- Rebecca Singh , 3 News
- Peter Williams , One News
- Eric Young , Prime News
- Nida Sameer , Geo News
- Najia Ashar , Geo News
- Salman Hasan , Geo News
- Tariq Mateen , Geo News
- Javed Iqbal , Geo News
- Masood Raza , Geo News
- Wajih Sani , Geo News
- Saud Zafar , Geo News
- Shehzad Hasan , Geo News
- Sarah Alfred , Geo News
- Noli De Castro , ''TV Patrol'', ABS-CBN , up to 1998
- Loren Legarda-Leviste , ''The World Tonight'', ABS-CBN , up to 1998
- Korina Sanchez , ''TV Patrol'' (up to 2004) and ''Bandila'', ABS-CBN
- Maria Ressa , ABS-CBN and former CNN Southeast Asia News Bureau Chief
- Mari Kaimo , ''News Central'', Studio 23
- Mel Tiangco , ''24 Oras'', GMA Network
- Mike Enriquez , ''24 Oras'', GMA Network
- Vicky Morales , ''Saksi'', GMA Network
- Arnold Clavio , ''Saksi'', GMA Network
- Daniel Razon , ''Hataw Balita'', UNTV-37
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