As a Broadcast News Editor, you will need to master following:

• build contacts to maintain news flow
• check stories
• create editorial board
• follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
• follow the news
• participate in editorial meetings
• work closely with news teams

More generally, a broadcast news editor is also versed in:

• apply organisational techniques
• consult information sources
• copyright legislation
• develop professional network
• editorial standards
• grammar
• manage staff
• meet deadlines
• multimedia systems
• press law
• spelling

It also helps to know the following:

• audiovisual equipment
• check correctness of information
• create online news content
• cut raw footage digitally
• edit digital moving images
• edit recorded sound
• file-based workflow
• media and information literacy
• newsletter analysis
• perform video editing
• put uncut recordings into computer
• synchronise sound with images
• write headlines
• write to a deadline
• adapt to changing situations
• apply grammar and spelling rules
• audio editing software
• digital compositing
• graphic design
• manage budgets
• motion graphics
• photography
• proofread text
• use presentation software