4 Options for TV Reporter for news coverage

What are the four options a TV reporter has in covering an event?

A TV reporter has four options while covering an event.

First, she could record the event and send the video tape / data card to the news station, where it would be edited along with a voice-over, sound bites and transmitted.

Second, she could directly transmit the event as it unfolds, by use of  the SNG (satellite news gathering) technique. Here she has no control over the broadcast and merely reports the event as it takes place.

Third, she could transmit her news via mobile phone. She dials the studio number and is connected to the news presenter for updates. She may also use a ‘video-phone’ do deliver her ‘stand-up’ updates.

Fourth, the reporter could use the microwave transmission method. Battery run microwave cameras are fitted to the camera. This method can only be used a short distance away from the news station, and is not practical in areas with very high buildings.