San Andreas News Network Handbook

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Table of contents:
1. Introduction
2. Commands
3. Ranks
4. Vehicles




1.Introduction

The San Andreas News is one of the most important teams of the city of Los Santos, bringing all the news, either good or bad to everyone in town. The duty of a news reporter is to bring anything interesting on the newspaper ((forum journal page)), any informations that appear in it must be true. The standard equipment of a news reporter is the following: a camera, buyable from any local shop (( If you do not have one at a certain time, just do /me takes out his camera and make pictures using F8. Don't forget to get rid of chat box with F7, before making them)), a notebook, to write down any essential information wich will later be added into the newspaper, and an audio recorder, to record any interviews with eye witnesses, important persons or other people.

2. Commands



Code:
/live
- Used to make a live interview with someone, OOC is not allowed in this chat.



Code:
/NR [TEXT]
- Reporters chat, OOC is allowed here, but with double brackets "))".



Code:
/broadcast BUGGED
- Used to broadcast, OOC is not allowed in this chat, Trainees are not allowed to use this chat without permission.

3. Ranks


Local Reporter:


A Local Reporter is a new member of the news, its main job is to listen to its supervisors and to do whatever it is being told, and only that. A trainee can be paid, partially paid, or fully paid. If a trainee doesn't show up to it's expectations, he can be fired from the team. A member cannot be a trainee for more than a week, at the deadline, it is decided weather if he'll be fired or he'll be promoted to a Local Editor.




Local Editor:

A Local Editor is a member of the news who can start doing broadcasts all by himself, he is fully prepared for any task given. The Local Editor rank is the first step to becoming a better known news anchor, he should always be patroling the streets in one of the news vans, always on the lookout for stories that could later become front page news.



Network Anchor:


A Network Anchor is an on scene reporter, who broadcasts whenever an important event occurs, for example a fire, a Network Anchor should first take a live interview with one of the firefighter, later to use the interview in the news article for the journal. Network Achors are one of the most important workers of the news.]




Network Editor:


An anchor is a reporter that doesn't need to do articles to stay in the team, the most important job of the anchor is to do entertaining broadcasts, have personal shows, presented either via radio ((/nr)) or on television ((Videos posted on Youtube)).




Asst. Network Producer:



The Asst. Network Producer is the right hand of the Network Producer, and also Network Producer of the editing room, he is in charge of anything as long as the Network Producer is not there to supervise, the editor is chosen by the Network Producer, either from outside or inside the news crew, the Network Producer can ask the other members before hiring him, but usually he is chosen without asking the other members.




Network Producer:


The Network Producer is the man in charge with leading the news crew, he is assigned by the former Network Producer, usually the editor takes the Network Prodcuer spot after the former one resignes.

4. Vehicles.

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The news chopper, driveable only by Network Editor and higher ranks.

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The news van, drivable by anyone in the news crew, as a faster way of getting around.