Can you give me some advice about becoming a news anchor?

This is my first year in college and I am taking my general and getting my AA in communications with television and involved with our broadcasting show. But can you give me some advice to get ahead even moreCan you give me some advice about becoming a news anchor?
Don't say you want to be an anchor. Start off by saying you want to be a reporter first and learn the trade. We hate when interns come in and say they want to anchor. We roll our eyes and joke about how every kid wants be an anchor. Make sure your degree is in journalism. Get several internships and listen and learn. Be nice to people and go above and beyond. You also have to prepare yourself to work in small market television for the first few years making next to nothing. Start educating yourself on the business of television. Start reading articles and learning the lingo. A great website to start looking at for example would be tvspy.com. Subscribe to shoptalk on this website. These are just some ideas for you. Please be aware the burnout rate for this career is VERY high! Don't let people tell you how great and glamorous this career is. It's got it's good points but it also has several bad points. Believe me. I know. The competition is steep and like about 80% of the people who want this career, by the time you hit age 35 your going to be looking for a different way to make a living. Good luck!Can you give me some advice about becoming a news anchor?
Do some print work for your college newspaper. That way you will have developed some talent besides being a news reader. That's what an anchor is. Someone who belongs to the same trade union as Jay Leno and David Letterman, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artist (AFTRA).


First, learn to be a good reporter. Not a ';journalist';. Follow always the first rule of good reporting:


';If your mother says she loves you, check it out!';.
I'd suggest doing an internship at your local television station. Nothing beats on-the-job training for figuring out if that is really what you want to do, and, more importantly, making contacts and mentors. I wish when I was getting MY AA that someone had advised me of a television or radio internship. I would have been spared money, time and huge effort.