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BBC News: Presenters, correspondent & rotas

Rolling News posted:
OrmeMac posted:
With all the cuts at the BBC I don’t really understand why BBC One needs different newsreaders to those already on duty for the News Channel. Either get the BBC One presenters to do a full news channel shift that includes ‘their’ bulletin or just opt-in to whomever is already there on the News Channel.

There's more to network bulletins than just coming into the studio and reading an autocue for half an hour. Lots of preparation takes place and it requires a completely different skill set to the News Channel.


Maybe it’s worth asking whether that needs to be the case in 2020? I’m not convinced News Channel introductions being used on national bulletins would actually make a difference to the end product, and tweaks to better reflect the running order can be made my producers. National newsreaders getting to read scripts that use their own words is a luxury, not a necessity, and the new model for the BBC is all about creating content that can be used across platforms and without unnecessary duplication of resources. If programmes like Newsnight are going to have limited abilities to commission their own reporting, it’s hard to justify it for the Six or Ten. Integrate each national shift with a News Channel shift and you’ve likely saved hundreds of thousands of pounds a year.
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BBC News: Presenters, correspondent & rotas

Newsroom posted:
JamesWorldNews posted:
Rico Hizon is leaving BBC World News. After 17 years with the channel.


What's your source on this James? I can see BBC co-workers expressing shock on Twitter but no news source.

This article published just days ago suggests otherwise...

https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/02/louise-cooper-and-mickey-clarke-to-leave-5-live/

Could this be curtains on the Singapore Bureau as part of the news cuts?


It would seem the article was wrong:



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BBC Breakfast - 16th July onwards

Natasha temporarily left Breakfast to cover Sophie’s maternity leave, and Sian moved to weekday co-presenter to fill in for her. That arrangement then became permanent when it was announced Sophie would replace Anna Ford on the One O’Clock News. At some point Mishal Husain replaced Sian with Bill, but when she went on maternity leave Susanna Reid succeeded her and Mishal later re-joined World News and Sunday evening bulletins, and Susanna became the full-time Fri-Sun presenter.

Kate was a frequent fill-in presenter, and covered Sian’s maternity leave. I don’t think Dermot stayed at the BBC that long after Natasha became full-time on the Six, but he was definitely partnered with Sian for some time (because their chemistry wasn’t great) and Kate was never a full-time presenter. Sian and Dermot were definitely the main partnership by the time the BARCO screens were introduced in N6, with the initial blue-sky background.
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BBC News: Presenters, correspondent & rotas

Newsroom posted:
House posted:
Newsroom posted:

That's pure speculative and you 'House' are one of them.

Trevor McDonald... retired twice, the latter way beyond 60.

Nicholas Owen is 76! It was far less than 6 years ago he last appeared on the News Channel.

You've no argument, it was a ridiculous and ageist comment to have made in the first instance.


Did you even read what I said? I didn’t defend any decision or suggest anything was black and white. But David Dimbleby has at least hinted that it wasn’t his decision to step down from elections, Humphrys departed mid-contract after a LOT of pressure and comment from the media including from within the BBC, and senior journalists are on the record suggesting Stewart was effectively dismissed by ITV/ITN when ‘bosses’ wanted an excuse to move him on. George, Huw and Sophie all at various times displaced or replaced older presenters (Michael Beurk, Peter Sissons and Anna Ford), and older male presenters at programmes like Newsnight (Paxman, Esler) or Today (Humphrys, Naughtie) have in the last decade been replaced by younger presenters. No comment on whether that’s good or bad, nor whether it’s evidence of a deliberate attempt by management to skew younger. They may have left of their own choice, or they may have been pushed. Just that citing a handful of old male presenters isn’t in itself proof that Simon McCoy or any presenter would be encouraged or desired to continue in their roles indefinitely, in an industry that perhaps favours younger presenters.


Sorry what?


You’re forgiven
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BBC News: Presenters, correspondent & rotas

Newsroom posted:
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Newsroom posted:

What an utterly ageist idea!

Jon Snow is 72, Alastair Stewart is 67 and John Humphrys is 76...and the list goes on....Oh, and let's not forget David Attenborough and David Dimbleby.

Simon McCoy won't be going anywhere, and if he were to leave - it wouldn't be because he's about to hit 60!


Stewart, Humphrys and Dimbleby probably aren’t the best examples to use, given they’ve all been encouraged out of their (main) roles in the last year...


That's pure speculative and you 'House' are one of them.

Trevor McDonald... retired twice, the latter way beyond 60.

Nicholas Owen is 76! It was far less than 6 years ago he last appeared on the News Channel.

You've no argument, it was a ridiculous and ageist comment to have made in the first instance.


Did you even read what I said? I didn’t defend any decision or suggest anything was black and white. But David Dimbleby has at least hinted that it wasn’t his decision to step down from elections, Humphrys departed mid-contract after a LOT of pressure and comment from the media including from within the BBC, and senior journalists are on the record suggesting Stewart was effectively dismissed by ITV/ITN when ‘bosses’ wanted an excuse to move him on. George, Huw and Sophie all at various times displaced or replaced older presenters (Michael Beurk, Peter Sissons and Anna Ford), and older male presenters at programmes like Newsnight (Paxman, Esler) or Today (Humphrys, Naughtie) have in the last decade been replaced by younger presenters. No comment on whether that’s good or bad, nor whether it’s evidence of a deliberate attempt by management to skew younger. They may have left of their own choice, or they may have been pushed. Just that citing a handful of old male presenters isn’t in itself proof that Simon McCoy or any presenter would be encouraged or desired to continue in their roles indefinitely, in an industry that perhaps favours younger presenters.
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BBC News: Presenters, correspondent & rotas

Newsroom posted:
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JamesWorldNews posted:
Ben Thompson back in London for a bit; Victoria Fritz, meanwhile, is in Salford. Sally Bundock is in Davos; Ben Bland filling-in for Sally on The Briefing all week.

It's been fun watching Ben Thompson on Afternoon Live with Simon. Mind you, it's always fun watching Simon whoever the business presenter is he gets to have chemistry with. Sad to think that Simon will be 60 in a couple of years so can't be far off retirement.


What an utterly ageist idea!

Jon Snow is 72, Alastair Stewart is 67 and John Humphrys is 76...and the list goes on....Oh, and let's not forget David Attenborough and David Dimbleby.

Simon McCoy won't be going anywhere, and if he were to leave - it wouldn't be because he's about to hit 60!


Stewart, Humphrys and Dimbleby probably aren’t the best examples to use, given they’ve all been encouraged out of their (main) roles in the last year...
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Alastair Stewart to leave ITV News.

If I were him, I’d be booking an appointment with an employment lawyer.
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BBC News: Presenters, correspondent & rotas

Andrew posted:


That’s the second time entertainment has caused the BBC News to be sidelined this Christmas.


I’m really not sure The Apprentice Your Fired can be considered, objectively, to be entertainment...
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The Real McCoy Thread

mannewskev posted:
JamesLaverty1925 posted:
Jon posted:
Like most people it’s not unusual for Andrew take some weeks off in the year.


Yes, but it's very unusual for Andrew to miss TW. In fact, I can't remember it ever happening before.


He has missed a show towards the end of previous series, maybe even the last in the run. I'm sure one year someone else hosted (Eddie Mair?), and Andrew was on as a guest in (I think) New York.

Emily Maitlis hosted it once, too. I’m not sure if Jo Coburn has ever hosted it, or just appeared on it. But certainly they’ve done well over the years to find qualified and capable journalists who all have their own distinctive dry wit and calm demeanour to fill in for Andrew. Never a sense Mair/Maitlis/McCoy were trying to copy Andrew’s style, yet they all fit the format and tone of the programme. I can’t see other prominent presenters like Nick Robinson or Huw Edwards pulling it off so easily.
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Changes to BBC Parliament & Political Programming

London Lite posted:
Showing a clip of 1980s wrestling to illustrate a story is so Daily Politics.

The desk will all those guests is so crowded ,does Morning Joe have that amount of people behind theirs?


MJ is usually two main presenters, and then three more (including Willie Geist) around the table. Additional guests appear as DTLs.
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Changes to BBC Parliament & Political Programming

Mindi_Crayon posted:
I really like the graphics and music. I just wonder why they don't carry on the simulcast on BBC News and do it for the whole hour?


It's 45 minutes because they only have the budget for 45 minutes of coverage (four times a week). Remember, even if a programme is primarily panel-based (which Politics Live appears to be, for the most part at least), that still requires producers and researchers to decide on topics and help the presenter prepare their line of questioning, as well as production staff to prepare onscreen graphics etc. These changes were brought about because of the need to reduce the overall BBC politics programming budget – which mostly involved reducing the number of staff employed.

It doesn't matter if it's simulcast on the News Channel or not – they'd still need to find a bigger budget. And if it was simulcast on the News Channel, they would be expected at the very least to include regular news headlines and breaking news (see: Victoria Derbyshire). The News Channel's remit, also is not to provide a full hour of only politics.
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Carrie Gracie resignation

m_in_m posted:
Worzel posted:
623058 posted:

Why didn't there just give her that type of money and stay as China Editor? ie to match other male editors around the world?


But they did offer her a pay rise. She stated in an interview the other day that she was offered it but turned it down.

I think the problem Carrie had with the rise is that it would have resolved the issue for her (assuming it was equal pay) but did nothing to resolve the issue for less senior women who don't have the profile Carrie has. It did nothing to improve transparency.


AIUI the pay rise was not going to achieve pay equality with her male colleagues, so defeated the point.


Regarding on and off-air staff not being allowed to work on stories regarding pay equality if they've publicly backed Gracie because of impartiality reasons, one has to wonder how senior management are allowed to make such a call given they themselves have a clear conflict of interest between journalism and staff management. I don't see how a producer who's backed Gracie cannot be judged to cover the story, while Gracie's ultimate bosses (e.g. the Director of News Fran Unworth) can dictate who and how the story is covered?