BBC News 24: Presentation discussion

Well immediately before the headlines Sophie was in the smaller left pod. They appeared to fade her mic out about 1/2 second early to provide a clean opt in for BBC One

I figured she'd presented from the pod, though she was actually in the newsroom bit (would be behind the pod I believe) at the start of the late news.

Clearly a quicker mover then.

She can't have been in the newsroom - there's no camera there. When they did stuff from the newsroom ages ago they had to move the camera from the pod. She must have been in the LH pod.

Floor manager, placing the scripts ready for Sophie and Jon when they're back on.

http://vid160.photobucket.com/albums/t176/zukeylukey/BBCN24_National2.flv

By right I meant Jane's right. Imagine Jane turning to face the right (i.e. looking next to the big newsroom, then behind her).

Look at her face!

She looked tramatized!

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t176/zukeylukey/BBCNEWS242008-04-12_221156_0003.jpg

Ticker spelling error yesterday: "Paypal" instead of "Papal"

Why can't the BBC punctuate USA when it is used in a sentence completely in capitals? For example, in lower case it is fine: 'Pope's US visit'. That's obvious that the Pope is visiting the United States. However, the headline aston has been saying 'POPE US VISIT'. I initially read that as 'us' rather than US. By simply punctuating properly, it becomes more readable: 'POPE'S U.S. VISIT'.

Because no-one uses full stops in abbreviations anymore. They look untidy. It's USA now, not U.S.A.

Yes we don't want to be delmonteish. However the fact they use all caps makes it harder to read. I don't know why they do it.