Infotainers are entertainers in infotainment media, such as news anchors or "news personalities" who cross the line between journalism (quasi-journalism) and entertainment within the broader news trade. Notables in this field, (in the U.S. media) are Barbara Walters, Katie Couric, Bill O'Reilly, Maury Povich, Deborah Norville, and Geraldo Rivera among others. Infotainment or soft news, refers to a general type of news media broadcast program which either provides a combination of current events news and entertainment programming, or an entertainment program structured in a news format. ... NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw A news presenter is, broadly speaking, a person that presents a news show on television, radio or the Internet. ... The terms news trade or news business refers to news-related organizations in the mass media (or information media) as a business entity —associated with but distinct from the profession of journalism. ... Barbara Walters was host of 20/20 and The View. Recently, Walters stepped down to focus on her Barbara Walters Specials Barbara Walters (born September 25, 19291) is an American media personality known for her many years as the first woman network news anchor, on ABC News starting in 1976. ... TIME cover featuring Katie Couric Katie Couric with US military personnel at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia Katherine Anne Couric, better known as Katie Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American media personality. ... Bill OReilly William James Bill OReilly, Jr. ... Maury Povich publicity shot. ... Deborah Norville (born August 8, 1958 in Dalton, Georgia) is an American television personality. ... Geraldo Rivera on the Fox News Channel in 2004. ...

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Barbara Walters, though not the first to cross the line between news and personality stories, is for many the quintessential news-media icon. Her career dates back to the 50's, and her current prominence at ABC is largely celebrity interviews, with a long running co-anchorship on 20/20 with Hugh Downs and John Stossel. Image File history File links Couricurb. ... Image File history File links Couricurb. ... TIME cover featuring Katie Couric Katie Couric with US military personnel at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia Katherine Anne Couric, better known as Katie Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American media personality. ... Katie Couric hugs Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban (born October 26, 1967 in Whangarei, New Zealand) is an Australasian country singer. ... Barbara Walters was host of 20/20 and The View. Recently, Walters stepped down to focus on her Barbara Walters Specials Barbara Walters (born September 25, 19291) is an American media personality known for her many years as the first woman network news anchor, on ABC News starting in 1976. ... Celebrity news is an aspect of the wider infotainment/news trade which focuses on celebrities and celebrity gossip. ... 20/20 is an American television newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. ... Hugh Downs, chairman of the NSS Board of Governors Photo courtesy of the National Space Society Hugh Downs (born February 14, 1921 in Akron, Ohio) is a retired American actor and television host. ... John Stossel (born 1947) is an American television journalist for ABC. Stossel began his journalism career as a researcher for KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon. ...

When Geraldo Rivera became an MSNBC correspondent and host of his own political talk show, others within the NBC organization voiced their protest, including Tom Brokaw who was reported to have threatened to quit. Rivera had a notorious history as a "sleaze reporter" and daytime talk show host, where he and one or two others were representative of "trash TV"; television seen to have little social value or redeeming intelligence, but still popular with viewers. Geraldo Rivera on the Fox News Channel in 2004. ... MSNBC (a grammatical blend of MSN and NBC) is a 24-hour cable news channel in the United States. ... Tom Brokaw Thomas John Brokaw (born February 6, 1940) is a television journalist and the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. ... This article is about political corruption. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... A WNYW-TV full screen segment intro from 2005. ...

A particular example is of the career of Andrea Thompson, formerly an actress on Babylon 5 and NYPD Blue, who quit acting to become a reporter for KRQE News in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was later hired by CNN Headline News. She later quit CNN, citing a desire to spend more time with her son. Some speculated that others at CNN resented the presence of the former actress, and had some degree of influence on her decision to quit. Rebecca Andrea Thompson (born on January 6, 1960) is a American actress, best known for her roles on the television series Falcon Crest, Babylon 5, NYPD Blue. ... Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... Dennis Franz and David Caruso on the NYPD Blue first season DVD cover NYPD Blue was a long-running American television police drama. ... A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media. ... Downtown Albuquerque Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. ... CNN Headline News is a spin-off network from the original Cable News Network (CNN) television news network in the United States. ...

Others have made the jump between entertainment shows and news reporting.