Newsreader & Reporter thread

Oh yes I've heard about these. Something more special than just the presenters too

Maybe Huw/Fiona will replace Sambrook, Dermott and Sian on the 6 and Sophie/Darren on the 1

A presenter for 4 years on BBC One becomes head of BBC News in a day?

I wonder what rts means...

It will be great to see Bill and Sian back together again though, and on their own programme no less!

Incidentally, what do other people think of Bill's reports from the US on Breakfast this week? I'd forgotten what a good reporter he used to be, but he's given us a good reminder this week. Nice piece on the Breakfast website about it as well.

Interesting seeing Martine Dennis back on The World Today this morning. Is this the first time she presented the programme since her leave?

Ah, I wondered where she was - it was Lucy Hockings on her usual shift on BBC World.

A question about reporters on BBC News. Do they only work one day in months or something? For example, I've not seen a piece from Caroline Wyatt for ages. Do they do something else or are they out making reports everyday that dont get shown?

Well it rather depends what's happening on their patch. Caroline Wyatt, for example, is based in Paris, so her appearances are dependent on French matters making it into the news. They certainly don't just go and make reports that aren't shown - reports are commissioned by programmes.

Having said that, Caroline (and other correspondents based in foreign bureaux) tend to be on World far more than domestic bulletins. Many of them are regularly on the R4 1800, other R4 programmes like From Our Own Correspondent, and Five Live. Caroline also did a stint standing in on The World Tonight on R4 recently.

So they have no specific working hours or days? They can just take a long time off? What a great job James Renyolds, hes another reporter I've not seen a report by in ages.

Of course they can't just take a load of time off. Their holidays will have to be agreed, and they can only take as many days as their contract allows.

You might not think it was such a great job if you were woken up in the middle of the night and sent to cover a story, or lost your weekend because something happened and you were needed to cover it. If you happened to be working at the Baghdad office, you'd find that your specific working hours were from Breakfast to the Ten, seven days a week.

And just because you don't see a correspondent doesn't mean they're not working. As I said, they could be working for a BBC outlet that you don't happen to be watching or listening to, or they could be working off-diary.

It means the Royal Television Society I think

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