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BBC News: Presenters & Rotas

(March 2013)

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IL
i-lied
noggin posted:
i-lied posted:
Are the BBC so short of presenters that Friday-Sunday the News Channel presenter is presenting the international hour?


Almost certainly a choice to simulcast and join the BBC News Channel with BBC World News, and it is likely that BBC News Channel led the simulcast if it came from the BBC News Channel studio and had a BBC News Channel presenter. If BBC World News had led the simulcast the reverse would have been the case.

By merging the two operations you don't spread correspondents and location presenters across two outlets, and avoid duplication.

Sometimes they will double-head with a presenter from each channel - but only if this is possible. (Sometimes one of the presenters needs to be on standby to pickup after the simulcast)


This was during the prescribed simulcast hour on Friday. It had come from Studio C with World News Today branding as usual for a Friday but with Martine Croxall presenting, on top of her domestic duties.

I understand that it's not always possible but during a big story with lots of angles, doubling up is a good idea. It wouldn't have been difficult to have brought a second presenter into the studio and bring the following presenter in a bit earlier if need be.
RK
Rkolsen
Wednesday's broadcast of World News America ended Babita Sharma's month long tenure. Thursday and Friday's broadcasts will be coming from London due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Katty Kay returns from her sabbatical on Monday.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Dani Sinha has also left BBC World News and BBC Regions. She is now with ITN, working on Five News.
IL
i-lied
Rkolsen posted:
Wednesday's broadcast of World News America ended Babita Sharma's month long tenure. Thursday and Friday's broadcasts will be coming from London due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Katty Kay returns from her sabbatical on Monday.


Is Babita Sharma returning to Newsday next week? I thought she was in DC till the end of the year.

Kasia Maderia and Daniela Ritorto covered very well during her absence, I admit!
Last edited by i-lied on 26 November 2015 9:46pm
RK
Rkolsen
i-lied posted:
Rkolsen posted:
Wednesday's broadcast of World News America ended Babita Sharma's month long tenure. Thursday and Friday's broadcasts will be coming from London due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Katty Kay returns from her sabbatical on Monday.


Is Babita Sharma returning to Newsday next week? I thought she was in DC till the end of the year.

Kasia Maderia and Daniela Ritorto covered very well during her absence, I admit!

I don't know. She said something like it's been a pleasure being here the past month and that you could see her on BBC World News (this was said at the end of the PBS broadcast).
IL
i-lied
I guess she'll return to her previous duties! That's nice of her!
LL
London Lite Founding member
Caroline Hepker has left BBC Biz to join Bloomberg Radio.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Maryam Moshiri is back, so the complement is back up.
IL
i-lied
JamesWorldNews posted:
Maryam Moshiri is back, so the complement is back up.


Now she's presenting major breaking news with Michelle Fleury in New York.
JW
JamesWorldNews
i-lied posted:
JamesWorldNews posted:
Maryam Moshiri is back, so the complement is back up.


Now she's presenting major breaking news with Michelle Fleury in New York.


And has now moved up to the Outside Source position providing incident updates to Ros Atkins.
DV
DVB Cornwall
Kamal Ahmed is to become the BBC’s new Economics Editor it was announced today by James Harding, the Director of News and Current Affairs.


from ……..

MEDIACENTRE on BBC.CO.UK
03-Dec-2015 @ 16:01
HB
HarryB
DVB Cornwall posted:
Kamal Ahmed is to become the BBC’s new Economics Editor it was announced today by James Harding, the Director of News and Current Affairs.


from ……..

MEDIACENTRE on BBC.CO.UK
03-Dec-2015 @ 16:01

So, this brings names into the hat of who could be the new Business editor: internally Ben Thompson or Emma Simpson? Externally; Joel Hills (ITV), Fiona Walsh (Guardian), or James Quinn (Telegraph)

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