JW
Where is Owen Thomas these days? He is also another one who could be drafted in for weekends too.
BR
I wouldn't read too much into it - maybe they don't know who it is or it's simply a question of time.
Talking of Lucy Owen, loved Nicholas the other day on the morning summary with something along the lines of "Join the Owens for the Lunchtime News at 1.30pm"
Jonathan posted:
From what I have gathered, there is a pecking order and if the presenter is not as experienced or simply filling in, the reporters might not respect them as much, so may completely ignore the presenter. I know Libby Weiner does this a lot. Here is an example.
Lucy Owen: So Libby, it has been an eventful day at Downing Street?
Libby Weiner: Today has seen Tony Blair under increasing stress....etc....
Lucy Owen: So Libby, it has been an eventful day at Downing Street?
Libby Weiner: Today has seen Tony Blair under increasing stress....etc....
I wouldn't read too much into it - maybe they don't know who it is or it's simply a question of time.
Talking of Lucy Owen, loved Nicholas the other day on the morning summary with something along the lines of "Join the Owens for the Lunchtime News at 1.30pm"
JH
Where on earth did you get that from?
Jonathan posted:
From what I have gathered, there is a pecking order and if the presenter is not as experienced or simply filling in, the reporters might not respect them as much, so may completely ignore the presenter.
Where on earth did you get that from?
TI
He presented today's 'Morning News'.
BBC WORLD posted:
Where is Owen Thomas these days? He is also another one who could be drafted in for weekends too.
He presented today's 'Morning News'.
JH
Where on earth did you get that from?
Quiet.
Eh?
Jonathan posted:
Jonathan H posted:
Jonathan posted:
From what I have gathered, there is a pecking order and if the presenter is not as experienced or simply filling in, the reporters might not respect them as much, so may completely ignore the presenter.
Where on earth did you get that from?
Quiet.
Eh?
IT
He presented today's 'Morning News'.
I assume he is freelance then, as opposed to contracted to ITN. As I mentioned earlier, he's been on BBC World Service in the last few weeks as well.
itsrobert
Founding member
tightrope78 posted:
BBC WORLD posted:
Where is Owen Thomas these days? He is also another one who could be drafted in for weekends too.
He presented today's 'Morning News'.
I assume he is freelance then, as opposed to contracted to ITN. As I mentioned earlier, he's been on BBC World Service in the last few weeks as well.
JW
I remember Owen Thomas used to present World Business Report on BBC World years ago, at the same time when Teymoor Nabili (AJE), Adrian Finighan (CNN), Richard Quest (CNN) and John Terrett (AJE) all also used to do biz news on the same channel.
He was a good business presenter actually - if ITN don't want to give him (Owen) more shifts, I wish BBC World would.
He was a good business presenter actually - if ITN don't want to give him (Owen) more shifts, I wish BBC World would.