Although academic qualification does not play a major role for news anchoring
or program anchoring, the increasing demand for good anchors has resulted in
the need for specialized and professional training. The minimum eligibility
criteria for most of these courses is graduation. However, for certificate
courses a 10+2 will also suffice. To become a news anchor, a course in
journalism will help you a lot.
Many courses have been designed to enhance the skill of aspirants. Most of
the anchoring courses are of one to six months duration. The course curriculum
for anchoring covers training in the change of facial expressions, voice
modulation, use of proper diction and pitch according to the given
script/situation etc. They are also trained on
anchoring, interviewing, news reading, chat shows etc. The courses designed for
anchoring also focus on other aspects like technical issues and camera handling
to enhance the skills of aspirants.
Personal attributes
The voice is the key quality to be possessed by an anchor. Anchor must
have a passion towards the career and must be responsible. They must be confident and have a pleasing
personality. In other sense anchor must be presentable. Apart from these
qualities he/she must have dynamism, knowledge, command over
pronunciation and communication. Comfort before camera is also a must for this
field.
