BP
The thing about Clive Myrie - from what little I've seen - he's not that good at presenting. I suppose he might've improved (or been tutored) since he did the occasional shift - but he wasn't a very good newsreader.
There's this trend now to give senior correspondents high-profile presenting gigs - but reporting and newsreading are very different disciplines. Some make the transition quite easily - others don't. Maybe he'll prove me wrong - but maybe he'll become the next Ben Brown - ie: a mediocre but inexplicably popular with the top brass newsreader.
Clive Myrie joins the BBC News Channel as a presenter
Clive Myrie, the BBC's Europe correspondent based in Brussels, is joining the BBC News Channel as a presenter.
In addition to presenting from the studio, Clive will also present some of the bigger stories on location. He will start his new role in July.
Clive said: "Over the last few years I've watched the News Channel go from strength to strength, so for me to now join its ranks as a presenter is fantastic.
"I know I'll be working with a great team on a network that's at the heart of BBC journalism, and the place more and more Britons turn to for breaking news. It's an exciting opportunity and I can't wait to get stuck in."
BBC Press Office
Clive Myrie, the BBC's Europe correspondent based in Brussels, is joining the BBC News Channel as a presenter.
In addition to presenting from the studio, Clive will also present some of the bigger stories on location. He will start his new role in July.
Clive said: "Over the last few years I've watched the News Channel go from strength to strength, so for me to now join its ranks as a presenter is fantastic.
"I know I'll be working with a great team on a network that's at the heart of BBC journalism, and the place more and more Britons turn to for breaking news. It's an exciting opportunity and I can't wait to get stuck in."
BBC Press Office
The thing about Clive Myrie - from what little I've seen - he's not that good at presenting. I suppose he might've improved (or been tutored) since he did the occasional shift - but he wasn't a very good newsreader.
There's this trend now to give senior correspondents high-profile presenting gigs - but reporting and newsreading are very different disciplines. Some make the transition quite easily - others don't. Maybe he'll prove me wrong - but maybe he'll become the next Ben Brown - ie: a mediocre but inexplicably popular with the top brass newsreader.
MA
Well it's not that odd, do you think people can just up sticks from one country to another overnight?
Odd he isn't starting until July, assume that means random cover presenters until then.
Well it's not that odd, do you think people can just up sticks from one country to another overnight?
ST
Well it's not that odd, do you think people can just up sticks from one country to another overnight?
Well obviously not but Chris Lowe left in January, and would presumably have told them he was planning to retire some time before that, so you would have thought they would have lined Clive up sooner.
Odd he isn't starting until July, assume that means random cover presenters until then.
Well it's not that odd, do you think people can just up sticks from one country to another overnight?
Well obviously not but Chris Lowe left in January, and would presumably have told them he was planning to retire some time before that, so you would have thought they would have lined Clive up sooner.
DV
A very pleasant return to our screens of James Landale BBC News Channel chief political correspondent this morning, albeit unfortunately somewhat follically challenged, after being off air for treatment for
non-Hodgkins lymphoma
since being diagnosed last autumn.
RO
rob
Founding member
Carrie Davis (Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1) is to appear on the News Channel in a couple of weeks, according to her Twitter Feed
HO
Someone explain to me please.
Is the BBC News Channel now run by children aged between 7 and 12? Not only would it explain the regular technical problems, but would explain why they keep employing former newsround presenters!
The following all appear on it:
Laura Jones (sport)
Ellie Crisell (relief news presenter)
Rachel Horne (main business presenter - currently on maternity leave)
Lizo Mazimba (entertainment reporter)
and now
Lizzie Greenwood (sport)
Plus Adam Flemming occasionally appears as a news or political correspondent. It just seems a bit ridiculous that at one point the above were the entire Newsround team, and now they're appearing on a 'grown up' news program, yet with Laura Jones, Rachel Horne and Ellie Crisell still using very patronising tones.
Rant over
Is the BBC News Channel now run by children aged between 7 and 12? Not only would it explain the regular technical problems, but would explain why they keep employing former newsround presenters!
The following all appear on it:
Laura Jones (sport)
Ellie Crisell (relief news presenter)
Rachel Horne (main business presenter - currently on maternity leave)
Lizo Mazimba (entertainment reporter)
and now
Lizzie Greenwood (sport)
Plus Adam Flemming occasionally appears as a news or political correspondent. It just seems a bit ridiculous that at one point the above were the entire Newsround team, and now they're appearing on a 'grown up' news program, yet with Laura Jones, Rachel Horne and Ellie Crisell still using very patronising tones.
Rant over
GS
Gavin Scott
Founding member
There's no shame in having honed your skills on Newsround. Its not easy to make news accessible and understandable to kids - as John Craven, Michael Burke et al will tell you.
Although I would agree about Lizo (is that how you spell it?) sounding a bit patronising. Perhaps if he stopped raising his eyebrows so high I could take him more seriously.
Although I would agree about Lizo (is that how you spell it?) sounding a bit patronising. Perhaps if he stopped raising his eyebrows so high I could take him more seriously.
SP
Absolutely. You do have to be very skilled to be a successful Newsround journalist. Let's not forget the likes of Matthew Price, Julie Etchingham and Krishnan Guru Murthy who've gone on to prove themselves as serious, well respected journalists.
There's no shame in having honed your skills on Newsround. Its not easy to make news accessible and understandable to kids - as John Craven, Michael Burke et al will tell you.
Absolutely. You do have to be very skilled to be a successful Newsround journalist. Let's not forget the likes of Matthew Price, Julie Etchingham and Krishnan Guru Murthy who've gone on to prove themselves as serious, well respected journalists.