The role of the production editor in the formation of the news agenda (using the example of VGTRK GTRK “Nizhni Novgorod”).

This article systematizes the results of a study of the news releases of the Nizhni Novgorod branch of the VGTRK GTRK and analyzes which topics the editors of regional television focus on. Based on their own preferences, editors put their concerns at the beginning of the informational news block. This is how the place of these materials in the information space of Nizhni Novgorod region and beyond is determined. The study shows that most of the news stories presented at the beginning of the issue have a social nature. In most cases, topics came directly from the viewers. However, there are substantial differences in the structure of the news release, depending on the personality of the editor. This, among other things, affects the nature of the formation of the news agenda. On the one hand, it can be social and criminal, on the other – directly civil.