Miners Rescue - Chile

Somebody will quietly nip down there and tidy up tomorrow probably.

Matt and Tim have gone to bed. It's over to the studio presenters in London.

Update: The pooled feed just ended on a wide shot of the floodlit valley, with the words 'The End' in Spanish, before fading to black. Fabulous!

nope, Tim Wilcox is still alive and is going strong!


and speaking of the Chilean Government feed, I just have to laugh at this ... they have an end card as if it is a movie!
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EDIT: Now at 1:09pm (PHIL time), I have a feeling that Tim Wilcox wants to end his 24hour shift, because he had been repeating "This is BBC News..."

EDIT 2: BBC News Special Telecast has ended, and News Bulletin has started, BBC WN still simulcast with BBC News channel... and Tim Wilcox is still there.

Backup? Not enough satellite space for that! I believe there was a plan to dual path, but it never seemed to come to fruition. I did see some standups with Rajesh outside the hospital, but I assume that was a pooled feed point.

Plus Caroline Hawley on the radio.

It looks like they did a special with Matt Frei, Tom Brook did a preview, and it wouldn't surprise me if they sent Lizo out there too.

You forgot to put a smiley at the end of that statement.

What effect do people think this will have on Tim's career. He's gained huge respect from this - can't have done him any harm.

He's much better on location than in the studio, where he's a bit dull. I think he should be higher up the list to send out to important stories from now on. He's certainly going to be a more recognisable 'face' for lots of BBC viewers now.

I enjoyed CNN's coverage, it was all done from their centers unlike BBC . At first I criticized them this weekends when they were lacking behind BBC in reporting from the scene but for this rescue mission it really wasn't necessary that much. They had several reporters there but they didn't anchor from there.

It felt like the good old CNN again cause they brought back double anchoring, Michael & Colleen, Rosie & Jonathan, Monita & Zain, Kristie & Andrew etc.

last night (Wednesday) Chris Eakin introduced the interview Tim Willcox had done with the Chilean President saying that the President had asked to be interviewed by 'BBC Tim' and Chris continued to comment that Willcox had built up strong relationships with the key players, officials and families during his time there. This highlighted for me that Tim's job out there is not just to stand in front of the camera and speak, but to invest time talking to and building the trust of those around him, enabling him to present the full story with a full understanding. He has been outstanding the last two weeks.

Definitely worth a promotion *hint*, but who else would do those unhumane hours?! He has definitely proved his abilities over the past few weeks.

Maybe he will become the BBC's South American editor.

Wonder who will win the Breaking News Coverage of the Year award?

I'd already mentioned this 2 pages ago.

I don't think any broadcaster should. They've all been outstanding and put the time and effort in to produce excellent coverage across all outlets - even Euronews!