Don't know if anyone else agrees but I've noticed a lowering of standards when it comes to the dress sense of some reporters. I've seen one or two with jeans on, and others looking generally scruffy.
Think we should compile a list of the worst offenders! For instance - science correspondent David Shukman often wears jeans.
Any others people have noticed?
Don't know if anyone else agrees but I've noticed a lowering of standards when it comes to the dress sense of some reporters. I've seen one or two with jeans on, and others looking generally scruffy.
Think we should compile a list of the worst offenders! For instance - science correspondent David Shukman often wears jeans.
Any others people have noticed?
Journos have always looked scruffy. Have you ever met any?
Perhaps you can begin with a photo of yourself in your work clothes so we can tell if you've got a leg to stand on.
Don't know if anyone else agrees but I've noticed a lowering of standards when it comes to the dress sense of some reporters. I've seen one or two with jeans on, and others looking generally scruffy.
Think we should compile a list of the worst offenders! For instance - science correspondent David Shukman often wears jeans.
Any others people have noticed?
Any particular reason you've opted to focus on BBC reporters rather than reporters (be it TV and/or press) in general? Personally I haven't noticed any changes, though if they have been lowering there standards maybe it's due to the influence of tabloid journalism.
Don't know if anyone else agrees but I've noticed a lowering of standards when it comes to the dress sense of some reporters. I've seen one or two with jeans on, and others looking generally scruffy.
Think we should compile a list of the worst offenders! For instance - science correspondent David Shukman often wears jeans.
Any others people have noticed?
I'm not being sexist but it does seem to be the female reporters/presenters that are the worst TBH.
I think reporters often, these days, dress more appropriately (and in some cases sensitively) for the situation they are reporting from. There is no longer a "one size fits all" standard of dress - and nor should there be.
If you're reporting from a wilderness, or an area that requires practical clothing, it would be ridiculous to expect a reporter to disappear, change into a suit, do their piece-to-camera or interview, and then disappear and change back into the clothes they were wearing the rest of the time. (David Shukman is an Environment Correspondent and often reports from remote places. If I were going on those kind of expeditions I would wear jeans - I certainly wouldn't wear a suit, and light trousers and a blazer would hardly be practical or suitable)
The era of the over-dressed "reporter in the field" is hopefully long gone.
Sure there are appropriate levels of dress - but they aren't the same all the time (and sometimes not for all outlets)
I also think the same rules should apply to men and women correspondents. I've seen very respected and able male and female reporters report in jeans etc. in an entirely appropriate manner from war zones, and areas of destruction or disaster. To appear overly glamourous (as some US reporters sometimes appear - though thankfully not often) would appear jarrying...
(By the way - not sure why presenters are being discussed here - the OP was talking about reporters)
The era of the over-dressed "reporter in the field" is hopefully long gone.
Let's hope so. I always remember how inappropriate it seemed when Kay Burley was dressed to the nines with full make-up and bright red lip gloss amongst the devastation of the 2004 tsunami.
Female news anchors on French television often wear really casual, beach-style sleeveless shirts in the summer. Why? The temperature in an air conditioned news studio is more or less the same in July as it is January.
I think it adds something different and is not always bad. i.e Guillermo Arduino on CNN International doing the weather in jeans and an open collar shirt.