Editing News presenter (section)

==Origin of the term ''anchor''==
[[File:WHIO-TV News Set Kettering OH USA.JPG|thumb|right|News set for [[WHIO-TV]] in [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Ohio]]. News anchors often report from sets such as this, located in or near the [[newsroom]].]]

The terms ''anchor'', ''anchorman'', or ''anchorwoman'' are derived from the usage common in [[Relay race|relay racing]],<ref name="Slate-Zimmer"/> specifically the [[anchor leg]],<ref>{{cite book | title=Tell Me A Story: 50 Years and 60 Minutes in Television | first=Don | last=Hewitt | publisher=PublicAffairs | location=New York | date=2002 | page=55 | quote=... everybody who did what Walter Cronkite did would be called an "anchorman" ... And just as the fastest man on a relay team runs the anchor leg, Cronkite would run the anchor leg for us}}</ref> where the position is typically given to the fastest or most experienced competitor on a team. In 1948, "anchor man" was used in the game show ''[[Who Said That?]]'' to refer to [[John Cameron Swayze]], who was a permanent panel member of the show, in what may be the first usage of this term on television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futurity.org/if-cronkite-wasn%E2%80%99t-tv%E2%80%99s-first-anchorman-who-was/|title=If Cronkite wasn't TV's first anchorman, who was?|publisher=Futurity|access-date=October 15, 2012|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914113855/http://www.futurity.org/if-cronkite-wasn%E2%80%99t-tv%E2%80%99s-first-anchorman-who-was/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''anchor'' term then became commonly used by 1952 to describe the most prominent member of a panel of reporters or experts. The term "anchorman" also was used to describe [[Walter Cronkite]]'s role at the [[1952 Democratic National Convention|Democratic]] and [[1952 Republican National Convention|Republican National Conventions]], where he coordinated switches between news points and reporters.<ref name="Slate-Zimmer">{{cite magazine|last=Zimmer|first=Ben|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/07/was_cronkite_really_the_first_anchorman.html|title=Was CronkiteReally the First "Anchorman"? How we came to use the term|date=July 18, 2009|magazine=Slate}}</ref>

The widespread claim that news anchors were called "cronkiters" in [[Swedish language|Swedish]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016173159/http://articles.philly.com/2009-07-17/news/24985744_1_walter-cronkite-united-press-wire-service-marlene-adler Walter Cronkite dies], a July 17, 2009 article from the ''[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]''</ref> has been debunked by linguist [[Ben Zimmer]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Zimmer|first=Ben|url=http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/the-mystery-of-cronkiters/|title=The Mystery of "Cronkiters" : Word Routes : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus|publisher=Visualthesaurus.com|access-date=November 14, 2012}}</ref>