The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.
The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future.
Most people would think if you're the prime news anchor, then you should sort of be this Edward R. Murrow, Clark Kent guy with the family and 2.5 kids - or the perky, cute yet smart Katie Couric.
The main job requirement for a network-news anchor is thinking it's the only important job in the world. This is a field where solemn gravitas isn't a drawback; it's the whole point.
In this day and age, much of journalism is about right or left, conservative or liberal, and 'The Observer' is just that: an observer. It is about truth.
The mainstream press and television do a very soft job of covering the press, either as corporate entities or as news organizations.
I'm a news anchor; I'm not an ideologue.
The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.
If someone says you're a reporter and doesn't want you to anchor then you wonder why you worked so hard at it.
TV journalism is a much more collaborative, horizontal business than print reporting. It has to be, because of the logistics. Anchors are wholly dependent on producers to do all the hustling.