A news director is an individual at a broadcast station

Broadcast station

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 or network

Broadcast network

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 or a newspaper

Newspaper

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 who is in charge of the news

News

News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...

 department. In local news, the news director is typically in charge of the entire news staff, including journalist

Journalist

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s, news presenter

News presenter

A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...

s, photographers, copy writers, television producer

Television producer

The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...

s, and other technical staff. The director also keeps track of how the show is going, as well as talking to the producer to get things going.

Typically, the only individual at a station/network or publication

Publication

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 who wields more power than the news director is a general manager

General manager

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 or company

Company

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 president

President

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