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John Simpson.
Honest and funny and very brave.
Did you see Panorama on Sunday? Television gem.
Read his book, too. It's excellent.
Also like Andrew Marr. Didn't expect too.
Read John Cole's book too. Fab.
Jeremy Thompson (in his ITN days) did one extraordinary report from South Africa which I still remember vividly. I think he's wasted in the Sky studio.
Keith Graves crafted his trade with the BBC. Washington is too easy a beat for him, I think. He should go back to the Middle East where he made his name.
Honest and funny and very brave.
Did you see Panorama on Sunday? Television gem.
Read his book, too. It's excellent.
Also like Andrew Marr. Didn't expect too.
Read John Cole's book too. Fab.
Jeremy Thompson (in his ITN days) did one extraordinary report from South Africa which I still remember vividly. I think he's wasted in the Sky studio.
Keith Graves crafted his trade with the BBC. Washington is too easy a beat for him, I think. He should go back to the Middle East where he made his name.
JA
jae
c@t posted:
She was one of the top reporters on election night, and she presented that Conference Lark on BBC Parliament the other night. Her name begins with a Z, I think, but I can't remember for the life of my who she is. Very good reporter though, not used nearly enough.
Zeinab Badawi - I think she shoud be used more too
BP
Big Phil
Bill Neeley is good I reckon, as are Adam Boulton and John Sergeant. I can't be bothered thinking of any BBC ones.
WI
william
Founding member
My three runners-up first of all:
Laura Trevelyan (News 24 political correspondent) for her coverage of Hague on the election trail and the way she broke many of the main stories of the campaign, also for an incident on News 24 one afternoon where she pushed passed a multitude of photographers and interviewed Hague on news 24 live.
Andy Marr (BBC political correspondent) for his nightly pieces from Downing Street, always with an amusing comment or analogy and his ability to explain issues on several levels, simple enough for viewers with a basic knowledge of politics to understand, but not becoming 'shallow' and risking alienating those of us who are politics junkies. I thought his summaries on election night were excellent.
Chris Eakin (News 24 presenter most weekday mornings) - I think he is unquestionably the best presenter on news 24. I admire the way he handles technical problems, breaking news or unexpected situations and can quickly adapt rather than constantly relying on autocue or just looking awkwardly at the camera. Either he does very thorough research or possesses an excellent general knowledge, or probably both - one occasion that stands out was the coverage of Ellen McArthur's return at the end of the round the world yacht race where he described the boat in detail to the viewers and clearly knew more about what was going on than the reporter at the scene.
But my all-time favourite correspondent has to be Nick Robinson .
I remember him from nearly 10 years ago when he produced a weekly politics roundup for BBC local radio, which was hilarious to listen to. Since then he's done Late Night Live on Radio 5 Live, and then Straight Talk on News 24 as well as being the channel's chief political correspondent.
Peter Mandlesson's resignation - the first we knew was when Nick Robinson ran breathlessly into the Millbank studios and told us of the 'most amazing lobby briefing he'd ever seen' and how Alistair Campbell had refused to say the Northern Ireland secretary's job was safe.
The morning after the night before - Fri 8 June 2001 - when standing outside Conservative central office he gave a 15 minute build up to the resignation of William Jefferson Hague, and afterwards described the 'political bereavement' which had befallen the party.
Every step of the way he has made politics exciting and accessible. He is passionate about the subject, and in every broadcast he does its evident he wants to impart something of this passion onto those watching.
I find it difficult to think of anyone who could do that better.
Laura Trevelyan (News 24 political correspondent) for her coverage of Hague on the election trail and the way she broke many of the main stories of the campaign, also for an incident on News 24 one afternoon where she pushed passed a multitude of photographers and interviewed Hague on news 24 live.
Andy Marr (BBC political correspondent) for his nightly pieces from Downing Street, always with an amusing comment or analogy and his ability to explain issues on several levels, simple enough for viewers with a basic knowledge of politics to understand, but not becoming 'shallow' and risking alienating those of us who are politics junkies. I thought his summaries on election night were excellent.
Chris Eakin (News 24 presenter most weekday mornings) - I think he is unquestionably the best presenter on news 24. I admire the way he handles technical problems, breaking news or unexpected situations and can quickly adapt rather than constantly relying on autocue or just looking awkwardly at the camera. Either he does very thorough research or possesses an excellent general knowledge, or probably both - one occasion that stands out was the coverage of Ellen McArthur's return at the end of the round the world yacht race where he described the boat in detail to the viewers and clearly knew more about what was going on than the reporter at the scene.
But my all-time favourite correspondent has to be Nick Robinson .
I remember him from nearly 10 years ago when he produced a weekly politics roundup for BBC local radio, which was hilarious to listen to. Since then he's done Late Night Live on Radio 5 Live, and then Straight Talk on News 24 as well as being the channel's chief political correspondent.
Peter Mandlesson's resignation - the first we knew was when Nick Robinson ran breathlessly into the Millbank studios and told us of the 'most amazing lobby briefing he'd ever seen' and how Alistair Campbell had refused to say the Northern Ireland secretary's job was safe.
The morning after the night before - Fri 8 June 2001 - when standing outside Conservative central office he gave a 15 minute build up to the resignation of William Jefferson Hague, and afterwards described the 'political bereavement' which had befallen the party.
Every step of the way he has made politics exciting and accessible. He is passionate about the subject, and in every broadcast he does its evident he wants to impart something of this passion onto those watching.
I find it difficult to think of anyone who could do that better.
SN
Steve Naylor
Well from the BBC I think Matt Frei (Asia Correspondent currently in Quetta, Pakistan), Philippa Thomas (Special Correspondent currently in Washington) and Andrew Marr are all brilliant.
Sky have some great people - Keith Graves in Washington is particularly good.
Sky have some great people - Keith Graves in Washington is particularly good.
RY
I wonder if the reporters reporting for the 11th September attacks got paid extra?
Did anyone see that BBC reporter reporting in New York when suddenly one of the towers started collapsing halfway through an interview? It was good, as the cameraman didn't cut off, he took cover with the reporter and you heard the reporter or microphone man say 'Get this.'
Did anyone see that BBC reporter reporting in New York when suddenly one of the towers started collapsing halfway through an interview? It was good, as the cameraman didn't cut off, he took cover with the reporter and you heard the reporter or microphone man say 'Get this.'
MP
MP
harshy posted:
What happened to Hilary Andersson, the Jersulam corespddent for BBC News?
I saw Hilary Anderson just the other day
MI
millionairefan
Keith Graves is unbeatable - his reports are professional with a human touch - on Monday - 'If Iraq and the Sudan get involved with this conflict, then God help us' - I just love his style, and subtle charisma. But where has been of late - we've got that awful bloke on Capitol Hill now...........