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Day in the life of a Newsreader

(June 2001)

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JA
Jamez
I was wondering what a newsreaders day is actually like - here's my thoughts on what it would be like for your average BBC Newsreader...

7.00am - Still Asleep

7.30am - Wake Up, wash, get dressed, have breakfast, brush teeth

8.00 - Taxi arrives outside your house

8.35 - You arrive at Television Centre

9.00 - you are breifed on the latest breaking news stories

10.00 - surf the internet and reply to messages on the TV Home forum, and reply to viewers emails.

11.00 - Another news meeting, and scripts come in for the evening programme.

12.00 - Lunch Hour - go to the BBC canteen and have a bacon butty.

1.00pm - sit in the newsroom, and watch the one o clock news

1.35 - start preparing scripts for that eveings programme with the news editor

2.00 - Download music from the internet, whilst keeping an eye on incoming news stories.

2.30 - Get the latest scripts hot of the printer, and rehearse them on the way to the news studio.

2.55 - learn your scripts whilst sat in make-up

3.15 - head into the news studio

3.25 - your live on BBC 2 for the afternoon bulletin

3.35 - head upstairs to the News 24 studio, and flirt with the female presenters

3.55 - Get kicked out of the N24 studio by the director for being a pest

4.15 - check on those news stories

5.00 - Final hour of preparation, your colleages check satellite links, prepare final scripts.

5.45 - head to studio, and learn scripts

6.00 - your live on air

6.30 - your off air, while the BBC regional news is on

6.30-6.56 - reply to emails at the newsdesk, and surf the net.

6.57 - remind the nation of the headlines and say good night

7.00 - stroll out of the news studio, and into the newsroom, to be greeted by the production team who clap when you walk in. Accept a bouquet of flowers from a 11 yr old child, and head to BBC Radio, to present your nightly topical news programme.

8.00 - your radio show goes on air.

9.00 - you head home

9.40 - you get inside your house, have a shower, and go to bed.


How close to reality am I ??

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GA
Gary Founding member
Not bad, but it all depends on what channel you are presenting on, and when you are presenting!
RO
rob Founding member
Sounds like a nice job...

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