Till my surprise, Lucy Hockings presented "Have your say" this sunday
afternoon. Probably because Lyse Doucet is reporting from Israel, but
I don't mind. It's nice to see Lucy Hockings presenting something else than just the news. I hope this was not a one time event, she
did a great job.
For a change! Wow, not only in The World Today (1200 HKST/0500 GMT), but also in Have Your Say (2205 HKST/1505 GMT)
lol I saw that too it was during the transatlantic 2030 GMT edition of the WBR, after a piece on the siesta habit in mediterranean countries. Was that a desperate attempt to aaronize herself or something? Myriam is often fairly wooden and stiff, almost monotonous, so that particular, isolated, rather awkward attempt to work liveliness and humour into her anchoring style appeared most weird and incongruous.
But don't despair though! She may turn into a more spontaneous presenter and quit the stultifyingly dull fashion in which she reads the news. (I'm not advocating another exuberant and hyperactive kind of anchor person, though. ONE Aaron is fine by me)
lol I saw that too it was during the transatlantic 2030 GMT edition of the WBR, after a piece on the siesta habit in mediterranean countries. Was that a desperate attempt to aaronize herself or something? Myriam is often fairly wooden and stiff, almost monotonous, so that particular, isolated, rather awkward attempt to work liveliness and humour into her anchoring style appeared most weird and incongruous.
But don't despair though! She may turn into a more spontaneous presenter and quit the stultifyingly dull fashion in which she reads the news. (I'm not advocating another exuberant and hyperactive kind of anchor person, though. ONE Aaron is fine by me)
They're all fine - business presenters may sometimes have a boring job, so it's good that even one off a biz presenter can try to inject at least some humour into dull business news. Something certain members of the biz team do very well.
[quote="James Hall"]They're all fine - business presenters may sometimes have a boring job, so it's good that even one off a biz presenter can try to inject at least some humour into dull business news. Something certain members of the biz team do very well.[/quote]
What do you mean they sometimes have a boring job? Business presenters need to be interested in financial stories and broader economics-related topics otherwise they just wouldn't be business presenters. And the WBR team deserve enormous credit for showing their interest and attempting to pass it on to the viewer. Indeed, they - and that includes business correspondents - champion the art of rendering dull and wearisome topics, tedious stories which, at first glimpse, relate more to lofty abstractions than to daily realities, worth listening to to a down-to-earth kind of viewer. And they succed in doing so not least thanks to their fairly vivacious reporting style and the way they expose the crucks of the matter, but also by demonstrating liveliness and wit in bringing up interesting and highly relevant discussions (which is why I favor the transatlantic editions in which the presenters can discuss the piece that's been aired). That being said, however, I do tend to find some bulletins somewhat stultifying because they are mainly focused on figures and coroporate releases - that's the case for most of the hourly business summaries. And my objection to Myriam's fashion of anchoring the WBR was that in remaining too factual, she misses out what's really turning WBR, a financial program, into something altogether more colorful and stimulating and broad-minded and far-reaching. She somehow fails to deliver what's making this program matter to the average viewer, to all those whose primary interest is not to be kept posted on the latest corporate figures but to be briefed about the state of the world's economy or the entrepreneurial mood in such or such part of the world or what folks have come up with to provide locals with goods or services that they lacked, etc... Bottom line: broadly speaking the team of business reporters are doing a great job at delivering that kind of journalistic output but some of them have remained mere financial commentators. This idea is well shored up by Aaron in the radio interview available on his webpage.
You may think I'm excessive in my judgement but I just wanted to underpin some of the underlying points of my precedent post.
Btw, talking of the WBR, in today's 2030 GMT edition Myriam and Tanya Beckett weren't joined by a single guest. So no transatlantic interview tonight.
And Myriam had a rather sombre way of rapping up the bulletin, with a mere "that's all from me. Bye-bye." Tanya barely had the time to add "that's all from me as well, bye-bye".
So quite a weird touch on this one. Oohh I miss John Terret saying "it's two for the price of one on this program"...
