Grass Valley NewsQ Pro v.2.1 - Manual (Page 31)

Digital News Production 17
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NCS Rundowns and NewsQ Pro
Producers can use NewsQ Pro with a newsroom computer system (NCS) such
as the Associated Press Electronic News Production System (ENPS) or Avid
iNews to create rundowns, create placeholders for editor assignments, and link
clips to the rundown. Producers can also use the NCS to assign clips to specific
playback channels, eliminating the need for a playback operator to assign
channels for the rundown.
In newsrooms without a NCS, a news editor can follow the producer’s script and
create placeholders using another component of NewsQ Pro, the Assignment
List Manager, and have a playback operator manually create playlists.
This chapter is written for producers and discusses how to use the Assignment
List Plug-in to:
• Create placeholders for news clips
• Sort placeholders by category
• View placeholder categories and video thumbnails
• Link clips to an ENPS or iNews rundown
• Assign a playout channel to clips