Professional News Anchoring & Broadcast Journalism
Master high-pressure television news presentation, authentic Urdu diction and voice modulation, teleprompter ocular tracking, and live breaking news crisis management under veteran mainstream broadcaster Rehan Tariq.
Guest masterclasses by Executive Editors and Senior Producers from Geo News, Dawn News, and ARY News with direct showreel pitching rights.
Seats strictly capped at 15 journalists per cohort. Includes 4 scheduled live masterclasses + personal audio-video critique on every submission.
What You Will Master on the Anchor Desk
Traditional journalism diplomas focus on academic theory. RTS Academy trains your neuromuscular reflexes for the unforgiving environment of live broadcast television.
Teleprompter Fluidity & Ocular Pacing
Eliminate robotic head-bobbing and dead-stare gaze. Master subconscious prompter rolling, saccadic eye tracking, natural diaphragmatic breathing intervals, and sight-reading ahead by 3 sentences.
Urdu Phonetics & Diction Mastery
Deconstruct nuanced Urdu talaffuz (تلفّظ), consonant glottal stops (قاف، غین، خے), and judicial/diplomatic terminologies. Calibrate tone modulation between grave national tragedy and brisk economic analysis.
Live Breaking News Crisis Simulation
Navigate the intense sensory load of simultaneous producer feeds in your earpiece while digesting raw wire dispatches. Learn graceful pivots when prompters black out or live OB-van links drop.
Broadcast Ethics & Investigative Rigor
Master PEMRA broadcast regulations, libel laws, source corroboration under rolling deadlines, and ethical sensitivity during armed conflict, elections, and mass disaster reportage.
The 6-Week Broadcast Engineering Journey
Every week includes recorded technical lectures, teleprompter drills, and mandatory recorded submissions with line-by-line faculty feedback.
Television Journalism & Newsroom Architecture
Deconstructing the 9:00 PM Bulletin, Assignment Desks, Input/Output producers, and wire agency prioritization.
- Anatomy of a prime-time news wheel
- Editorial hierarchy & ticker prioritization
- Reuters, AFP, and APP wire filtering
Reconstruct a chaotic 60-minute evening news broadcast timeline with sudden geopolitical breaking wire interruptions.
Submission #1: 180-second rundown construction and editorial justification defense.
News Scripting, Voice Modulation & Urdu Diction
Vocal warmups, diacritics, cadence, writing for the ear vs. print, breath pacing, and vocal endurance.
- Diaphragmatic resonance & vocal pitch anchors
- Urdu Nuqtas, Zer/Zabar vocal accents
- Eliminating regional vocal inflections
Live pronunciation drill: 50 challenging Pakistani legal, political, and international diplomacy titles.
Submission #2: Audio clean-track news package narration (Raw & Unmastered).
Camera Confidence, Posture & Teleprompter Delivery
Eye-line discipline, studio lighting etiquette, non-verbal authority, hand choreography, and wardrobe color theory.
- Camera 1 to Camera 2 tally-switching eye transitions
- Controlling autonomic blink reflexes under high-lumen studio lights
- Desk ergonomics: Spine alignment and micro-gestures
Prompter speed variation stress test with variable scrolls (120 to 180 words per minute).
Submission #3: 16:9 on-camera video presenting economic budget highlights.
Breaking News, Live Links & Unexpected Newsroom Crises
Simulated crisis drills, ear-prompter producer feeds, handling dropped satellite links, and unverified reports.
- Active listening while continually speaking on-air
- Ad-libbing bridging commentary when footage freezes
- Immediate retraction and editorial correction protocol
Real-time audio-feed injection into student headphones simulating producer shouting new breaking angles.
Submission #4: Unscripted 5-minute breaking flash with zero prompter backup.
Master Interview Techniques & Questioning Strategies
Holding power to account, managing belligerent guests, cross-examining politicians without losing editorial composure.
- Formulating concise, non-leading follow-up questions
- Interruption tactics that retain journalistic dignity
- Multi-panel guest debate management and time partitioning
Mock political debate with Rehan Tariq roleplaying an evasive government spokesperson.
Submission #5: 8-minute recorded confrontation interview.
The Master Graduation Bulletin (Broadcast Showreel)
A high-production studio broadcast bulletin graded by guest panel editors from Pakistan's top 3 news networks.
Full 5-minute broadcast news bulletin complete with headlines, package intro, live phoner handover, and sign-off.
Individual written critiques and numeric scores from Rehan Tariq & guest media executives.
Official showreel hosted on RTS Talent Roster & sent directly to channel HR directors.
RTS Newsroom Studio Simulator Preview
Every enrolled journalist receives complete browser access to our proprietary studio prompter and ocular telemetry suite.
اسلام آباد سے اہم پیش رفت سامنے آئی ہے جہاں سپریم کورٹ نے
آئینی بینچ کے قیام کے معاملے پر محفوظ شدہ فیصلہ سناتے ہوئے
تمام فریقین کو فوری طور پر تفصیلی جواب داخل کرانے کی ہدایت جاری کر دی ہے۔
Leading economic indicators also registered a 1.4% upward trajectory according to the state bank flash report.
Transparent Live Mentorship Schedule
No generic pre-recorded monologues. Every Saturday evening, students join a 90-minute closed-door live broadcast clinic with Rehan Tariq.
Deconstructing Prime-Time News Bulletins
Live autopsy of yesterday's national 9 PM broadcasts. Spotting anchor micro-mistakes, pacing collapses, and editorial framing.
Live Urdu Pronunciation Workshop
Hot-seat oral drills. Rehan Tariq listens to every student pronounce challenging wire scripts with immediate pitch calibration.
Simulated Breaking News Ear-Drill
High-pressure live test. Students take sudden unscripted breaking wire feeds injected through headphones while maintaining on-camera composure.
Graduate Showreel Review & Placements
Screening final capstone reels with guest Executive Producers from Geo News and ARY News with direct audition invitations.
Your Lead Mentor: Rehan Tariq
"On live television, you have exactly six seconds to command authority. We do not teach you how to read; we teach you how to command."
With over fifteen years anchoring prime-time national bulletins, moderating election marathons, and training over 140 working journalists currently on Pakistani television networks, Rehan Tariq founded RTS Academy to bridge the severe gap between academic media theory and actual high-pressure control room engineering.
Official RTS Verified Certificate of Achievement
Graduates earn an industry-recognized credential equipped with digital cryptographic verification, tamper-proof QR code validation, and instructor endorsements.
has successfully satisfied all rigorous live studio benchmarks, ocular teleprompter pacing evaluations, and breaking news drills in the intensive 6-week curriculum:
rtsacademy.pk/verify
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about the admissions process, teleprompter software, and hardware requirements.
Do I need professional studio equipment to take this course? expand_more
No expensive studio gear is required. A modern smartphone or laptop webcam with basic earphones or a lapel microphone is completely sufficient for all assignments. We also provide full browser access to our RTS teleprompter software so you can practice directly on any desktop or tablet screen.
Is the course taught in Urdu or English? expand_more
The course features a specialized bilingual track. Lectures and foundational journalism ethics are delivered in conversational bilingual Urdu/English, while news scripts and studio assignments are offered in both Urdu (formal bulletin news language) and English (international broadcast standards). You can select your primary focus track.
How does personal assignment feedback from Rehan Tariq work? expand_more
Because cohorts are strictly capped at 15 journalists, Rehan Tariq personally audits each student's weekly video submissions. You will receive timestamped screencast video and audio notes detailing your eye-line discipline, posture adjustments, breath cadence, and Urdu phonetics.
What if I miss a live Saturday mentorship session? expand_more
All 4 live Saturday masterclasses are recorded in uncompressed 1080p and uploaded to your secure RTS student portal within 3 hours of conclusion. You maintain lifetime archived access to all cohort recordings and downloadable studio syllabi.
How does RTS Academy help with television network job placements? expand_more
Graduates who complete all 6 assignments and attain an overall score above 8.5/10 are inducted into the RTS Verified Talent Pool. During Week 6, your capstone broadcast showreel is directly presented to recruitment and programming heads at Geo, ARY, Dunya, Samaa, and Dawn News.
Step into the Anchor Chair.
Next Cohort Starts November 15.
Transform from a passive media consumer into an authoritative, high-composure news presenter backed by mainstream television accreditation.