:-(
A former member
It's not just James.
Ben Ando, Ben Scotchbrook, Jon Gilbert, Louisa Preston, Colin Campbell, Elaine Parke, Katie Ledger have all been axed. Andy Richardson has been offered an off screen producer's role.
Charlie Stayt and Rob Butler are not safe yet - and are still in negotaition.
Many production staff - including top Program Editor Jon Leonard are also without jobs.
Ben Ando, Ben Scotchbrook, Jon Gilbert, Louisa Preston, Colin Campbell, Elaine Parke, Katie Ledger have all been axed. Andy Richardson has been offered an off screen producer's role.
Charlie Stayt and Rob Butler are not safe yet - and are still in negotaition.
Many production staff - including top Program Editor Jon Leonard are also without jobs.
NH
More interestingly, since when has 16 been just OVER half of 34?
Nick Harvey
Founding member
Press Gazette posted:
Only 16 ITN journalists have been offered jobs on the new Five News bulletin to be run by Sky News next year, just over half of the 34 who applied.
More interestingly, since when has 16 been just OVER half of 34?
DH
It wasn't 16.
I work in the Five Newsroom and I know only 12 of my colleagues were offered positions!
I work in the Five Newsroom and I know only 12 of my colleagues were offered positions!
NW
I know this is slightly OT, but Five Weather comes from ITN, I take it that will be going to Sky aswell?
Shame to hear about those who have been axed, it won't be the same Five News next year, it just feels like it's going to be worse, as Five News at the minute is quite watchable.
BTW who was the guy who presented the 5.30 tonight? As I've never seem him present it before.
Shame to hear about those who have been axed, it won't be the same Five News next year, it just feels like it's going to be worse, as Five News at the minute is quite watchable.
BTW who was the guy who presented the 5.30 tonight? As I've never seem him present it before.
NH
EVEN more interestingly, since when has 12 been just OVER half of 34?
(To recycle something from three posts further up!)
Nick Harvey
Founding member
dhobyghaut posted:
I work in the Five Newsroom and I know only 12 of my colleagues were offered positions!
EVEN more interestingly, since when has 12 been just OVER half of 34?
(To recycle something from three posts further up!)
:-(
And the other 4 haven't told anyone?
BTW nice nickname - why did you name yourself after a tube station in Singapore?
A former member
dhobyghaut posted:
It wasn't 16.
I work in the Five Newsroom and I know only 12 of my colleagues were offered positions!
I work in the Five Newsroom and I know only 12 of my colleagues were offered positions!
And the other 4 haven't told anyone?
BTW nice nickname - why did you name yourself after a tube station in Singapore?
DH
And the other 4 haven't told anyone?
BTW nice nickname - why did you name yourself after a tube station in Singapore?
Most people are being pretty open about it.
Tube station? My name came from The Dhoby Ghaut - it's a bar in Mill Hill
Larry Scutta posted:
dhobyghaut posted:
It wasn't 16.
I work in the Five Newsroom and I know only 12 of my colleagues were offered positions!
I work in the Five Newsroom and I know only 12 of my colleagues were offered positions!
And the other 4 haven't told anyone?
BTW nice nickname - why did you name yourself after a tube station in Singapore?
Most people are being pretty open about it.
Tube station? My name came from The Dhoby Ghaut - it's a bar in Mill Hill
LO
More on the new Five News
http://media.guardian.co.uk/edinburghtvfestival/story/0,7523,1293798,00.html
http://media.guardian.co.uk/edinburghtvfestival/story/0,7523,1293798,00.html
Quote:
He [John Ryley] said the new-look Five News, which will still be presented by Kirsty Young, will switch its emphasis from glitzy on-screen graphics with bite-sized news to a new emphasis on breaking exclusive stories.
"It will have stories that have not been told and we will show people things that have not been seen in a straightforward and intimate way," said Mr Ryley.
[snip]
The rallying cry to his new reporting team comes more than six years after Five broke new ground by adopting a more informal style to news and interviews epitomised by Young perching on the side of her desk to read the evening bulletin.
New Five News editor Mark Calvert, who will take over the bulletin in the new year, said it would emphasise "original, intelligent and accessible journalism".
"We want it to be known for its great news story, not for its news wall or the way Kirsty moves from one side of the newsroom to the other. I am not anti [graphics] but sometimes it is the tail wagging the dog.
"I want to do storytelling in a very real sense. Sometimes they will be stories that other people are doing but we will be telling them from a different angle.
"TV news is horribly reactive. We react to things that happen and are in the diary, and we don't come up with many original ideas. I am keen on genuinely original journalism that will make people sit up and take notice. That is what I am aiming for."
But Mr Calvert would not reveal whether Young will be returning behind, in front of - or beside - a desk in the new-look bulletin.
"It will be very modern with an attractive studio and some very attractive on-screen graphics," he said.
"It will have stories that have not been told and we will show people things that have not been seen in a straightforward and intimate way," said Mr Ryley.
[snip]
The rallying cry to his new reporting team comes more than six years after Five broke new ground by adopting a more informal style to news and interviews epitomised by Young perching on the side of her desk to read the evening bulletin.
New Five News editor Mark Calvert, who will take over the bulletin in the new year, said it would emphasise "original, intelligent and accessible journalism".
"We want it to be known for its great news story, not for its news wall or the way Kirsty moves from one side of the newsroom to the other. I am not anti [graphics] but sometimes it is the tail wagging the dog.
"I want to do storytelling in a very real sense. Sometimes they will be stories that other people are doing but we will be telling them from a different angle.
"TV news is horribly reactive. We react to things that happen and are in the diary, and we don't come up with many original ideas. I am keen on genuinely original journalism that will make people sit up and take notice. That is what I am aiming for."
But Mr Calvert would not reveal whether Young will be returning behind, in front of - or beside - a desk in the new-look bulletin.
"It will be very modern with an attractive studio and some very attractive on-screen graphics," he said.