KA
Natasha does have a lot to say about what is to be included in the programme, I believe. When Breakfast finishes, the team have a meeting and there, they discuss what stories they can include in future editions. And yes, South Today, Kate is recognised as a journalist.
python posted:
I bow to the master for enlightenment, but keep getting the same words. You're not suggesting that Natasha goes out and researches all the stories she tells us about, are you? What differentiates her from being a journalist and being eye candy?
Natasha does have a lot to say about what is to be included in the programme, I believe. When Breakfast finishes, the team have a meeting and there, they discuss what stories they can include in future editions. And yes, South Today, Kate is recognised as a journalist.
:-(
A former member
Ok, she has management input, but that's not the same as doing the legwork (the journalistic legwork) to compile the facts of the stories. If someone else is doing the actual work, then she is 'just' a newsreader. Don't misunderstand me, I have nothing at all against her, she is everything I would expect from a morning presenter. I am simply trying to understand the logic in the argument that she is somehow superior to Moira.
BN
Natasha has a piece of paper somewhere with a degree on it, for English, etc. At BBC News, and most other news outlets, a journalist is considered much more desireable to present, rather than just a presenter.
python posted:
I am simply trying to understand the logic in the argument that she is somehow superior to Moira.
Natasha has a piece of paper somewhere with a degree on it, for English, etc. At BBC News, and most other news outlets, a journalist is considered much more desireable to present, rather than just a presenter.
IT
Natasha, like most other presenters, has some form of qualification or training in journalism. To argue that Natasha isn't a journalist because she doesn't do the 'leg work' is ludicrous. That's like saying that a librarian who becomes the head of a library is no longer a librarian, because they don't do the leg work anymore! If you make it to the top, why should you do the leg work?
itsrobert
Founding member
python posted:
Ok, she has management input, but that's not the same as doing the legwork (the journalistic legwork) to compile the facts of the stories. If someone else is doing the actual work, then she is 'just' a newsreader. Don't misunderstand me, I have nothing at all against her, she is everything I would expect from a morning presenter. I am simply trying to understand the logic in the argument that she is somehow superior to Moira.
Natasha, like most other presenters, has some form of qualification or training in journalism. To argue that Natasha isn't a journalist because she doesn't do the 'leg work' is ludicrous. That's like saying that a librarian who becomes the head of a library is no longer a librarian, because they don't do the leg work anymore! If you make it to the top, why should you do the leg work?
CU
Who is this?
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/main6.jpg
Picture from The TV Room, where she is heralded as 'occasional Wales Today presenter A1'
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/main6.jpg
Picture from The TV Room, where she is heralded as 'occasional Wales Today presenter A1'
ST
Clare Summers
cummig20 posted:
Who is this?
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/main6.jpg
Picture from The TV Room, where she is heralded as 'occasional Wales Today presenter A1'
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/main6.jpg
Picture from The TV Room, where she is heralded as 'occasional Wales Today presenter A1'
Clare Summers
IT
Claire Summers.
itsrobert
Founding member
cummig20 posted:
Who is this?
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/main6.jpg
Picture from The TV Room, where she is heralded as 'occasional Wales Today presenter A1'
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/main6.jpg
Picture from The TV Room, where she is heralded as 'occasional Wales Today presenter A1'
Claire Summers.
:-(
A former member
Ok, I never meant to suggest that Natasha was not a professional, of course she is. I was just making a point in response to those who were getting a bit uppity about the idea of Moira daring to sit on the couch. The separation of 'journalist' and 'presenter' doesn't enter the thoughts of the viewers. I personally don't really care who sits on the couch as they are all much the same anyway. I do think, however, that in the minds of the ordinary viewers experience will always count for more than a piece of paper regardless of what those in the rarified corridors of power think.