BBC News: Presenters, correspondent & rotas

It will be a real shame to not see Rico on Newsday any more, he has always been a hugely charismatic presenter and the first time i saw him present a bulletin, i instantly warmed to his presenting style. Wonder where he’ll be going, perhaps he’s just moving to a different part of the BBC and not doing World News bulletins any more? Guess time will tell.

Totally disagree with you on that. I think it's harder to do rolling News Channel presenting than doing a half hour scheduled news programme. There's much unpredictability to rolling news, which you have to react to.

I.e. a completely different skill set. Just as Rolling News said.

My reading of Rolling News' post was that it was harder to do Network presenting than New Channel presenting, and that those on the NC couldn't do the network shows, that's what I disagreed with, not that it's a different skill set. If you can do the News Channel then in my opinion you can do network news programmes, but not necessarily the other way round.

But doing both in the same shift is less likely to be possible due to the prep needed for the network bulletin.

Has the flipper/ticker on the BBC News Channel been sped up? It seems faster than I remember... or is it just me?

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.

Definitely does seem faster than it was around a week ago to me, too.

Is Geeta Guru-Murthy a regular Saturday morning presenter?

Her BBC World slot (Tue - Wed) has been taken over by Karin Giannone if that helps, he Twitter bio says Presenter BBC Weekend News, BBC News at One, BBC News Channel & BBC World News. Giannone does 7-10 Tues-Wed, 16-19 Fri, 18-23 Sun.

Yes, she does the majority

They've been having some problems with the graphics for a few weeks. Stuttering/juddering when appearing at the top of hour or being removed/wiped off screen. Pretty sure they completely crashed on Afternoon Live recently as well. Maybe whatever they did to fix the issues has resulted in the ticker rotating a bit quicker.