Television Censor Job Description

Television censors are responsible for ensuring that all television programming within a region conforms to established standards of appropriateness.

Television censors may be employed by self-policing associations, private broadcasting corporations, public broadcasting corporations, regional or federal Human Rights Commissions, and radio-television and telecommunications commissions.  

Typical Job Duties

• Perform quality checks of channels

• Edit content using computer software and video editing equipment

• Censor inappropriate scenes including those that contain nudity, coarse language, violence or inappropriate subject matter

• Maintain log of censored content and submit daily activity reports to supervisor