NUJ BBC Strikes

Not really. If anyone more senior could do it they would. But they can't. The fact Chris has appeared on national bulletins a couple of times isn't reason to think he should appear more frequently. I'm sure there are plenty of regional reporters who could give the nationals a good shot on a day like this, but that isn't reason to use them instead of more senior and experienced presenters.



Could you expand on 'producers'? Surely that'd be more journalism than presentation?


Who's that on overnights? Most certainly not Kasia Madera...


EDIT: Sharanjit Leyl, from Singapore.

And the simulcast is coming from.... Singapore.

I wonder if that would be less likely pre-Newsday? Back when Sharanjit/ Rico would have been solely on Asia business, not overnight news. You could argue it's part of their usual shifts, now.

It depends on the job role, a studio producer, which almost all BBC News producers are, would be BECTU.

However, it really is down to the individual, if they see themselves as journalists, they would be in NUJ, but if they see themselves as technical it'd be BECTU.

It's down to the individual.

In BBC News gallery producers are most likely to be NUJ if members of a union.

Producers aren't deemed 'technical' and in a newsroom they're usually described as 'production journalists' and will be NUJ members if they are members of a union.

In newsgathering it gets a bit more blurred - and at the end of the day you chose which union you think is most relevant to your job in some situations.

It's an interesting thought. I wonder if its being scripted in Singapore or London are sending them the scripting content.

I suppose it gives the News channel/World News time to get themselves ready for the simulcast tomorrow and pull the resources together.

I suspect the presenter is seated in Singapore, but the content ( VT, graphics etc.) is coming via a gallery in London. Not a problem for the gallery technical/directing operation, but they will need production journalists to build the running orders and keep the bulletin on time (and accommodate ad breaks/opts if on World)

That's what I always thought was the case. I remember talk during the last strike that its all very well having the Gallery staff in, but if there's no one to direct them (i.e. A Director)... that's when the problems occur.

It's more a case of if there is no-one there to produce them. A director can only direct a bulletin if someone produces it.

I for one am delighted to see Saranjit presenting. She's a real professional. And we should see her more often.

NC/World are now combined until at least 06:30.

In Singapore, the Autocue is fed by fibre as is all the feeds into and from there, all the rest is done by the NC gallery in London as is normal practice. The gallery is staffed as normal. The big problem isn't technical, It's on-screen assets hence the pre-rec bully in the 01:00GMT hour and the likihood of seeing hardtalk and click through the night.

But Noggin's talking about producers, not directors. Directors would be production staff, producers journalists (surely?). I thought the problem was you had all the people necessary to put out a bulletin, just no content as the content makers (journalists) were striking?

Intriguing that we've already had a few-day-old Ian Pannell report this hour, if I'm not mistaken. Interesting also that they have a guest in Singapore.