What do newsreaders do when they're not reading the news?

The folks upstairs get their daily orders from the assignment editor and hit the street with their camera person. Thats the news readers.

The morning show people are here around 3:30 a.m. doing prep for when they’re on at 6.

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But then again I have yet to witness any portrayal of my industry to accurately indicate how it really works. Amazingly, IMHO, Groundhog Day is about the least incorrect.
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Broadcast News got a lot of it right as well.