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itsrobert
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I don't think it was anything to do with him being a journalist or not. Peter Sissons had spent his whole career presenting scripted, rehearsed bulletins and was suddenly thrown onto News 24 when he left the Ten O'Clock News in 2002. I just think it was a case of his not being terribly comfortable with this format. He was still a journalist, but rolling news wasn't a particular strength.
I guess this highlights the problems with journalist = good news presenter. Sissons was good at big set-piece bulletins but wasn't good at rolling news. Philip Hayton, on the other hand, was arguably good at both. Then you've got presenters without journalistic backgrounds but bucket loads of experience who are just as a good, if not better than trained journalists. It all comes down to individual skill at the end of the day.
I guess this highlights the problems with journalist = good news presenter. Sissons was good at big set-piece bulletins but wasn't good at rolling news. Philip Hayton, on the other hand, was arguably good at both. Then you've got presenters without journalistic backgrounds but bucket loads of experience who are just as a good, if not better than trained journalists. It all comes down to individual skill at the end of the day.