A professional who operates news wirephoto machine to transmit syndicated news photographs over telecommunication wires to newspapers and magazines. Respnsibilities include:

• Inserts developed photographic print in camera chamber equipped with electric eye which scans and transmits photographs over transcontinental telephone or telegraph wires.
• Adjusts controls to coordinate machine processes involving detecting, screening, and converting photographic highlights and shadows into sound signals for wire transmission.
• May operate machine to receive news photographs.
• May develop film and print positives.