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BBC News: Presenters & Rotas

(March 2013)

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myan
New World Disorder special series replaces Impact, with Lucy Hockings in Studio B (the one with 3-screen display).
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A former member
So let's clarify once again:
Political Editor: Nick Robinson
Deputy Political Editor: James Landale
Assistant Political Editor: Norman Smith
Scotland Political Editor: Brian Taylor
Newsnight Political Editor: Allegra Stratton
Northern Ireland Political Editor: Mark Davenport
That's SIX political editors!
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Schwing
So let's clarify once again:
Political Editor: Nick Robinson
Deputy Political Editor: James Landale
Assistant Political Editor: Norman Smith
Scotland Political Editor: Brian Taylor
Newsnight Political Editor: Allegra Stratton
Northern Ireland Political Editor: Mark Davenport
That's SIX political editors!


And Nick Servini - Wales Political Editor
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NickyS Founding member
She's been presenting for some time, as a relief presenter.

Her day job is as one of the Arts Correspondents.

And don't forget she was one of the main presenter/reporters in the early days of News 24 so has actually been presenting for a long time.
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Steve in Pudsey
Plus the regions each have a Political Editor - although they seem to get astoned as Political Correspondent if they appear on network.
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m_in_m
Plus the regions each have a Political Editor - although they seem to get astoned as Political Correspondent if they appear on network.

Though in the East the political editor I believe is an off screen role.
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DrewF
I seen an arm to the left of the screen in front of the 'catwalk' beckoning her forward for the camera, hence my reasoning for asking.


I've seen that occasionally - it's because the presenter can look very short/ tall against the video wall background if they're not stood in the right place (depending on their height) using that shot.
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A former member
Does "Editor" mean they actually edit anything? Isn't it just the name for a senior correspondent?http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02367/robinson_2367544b.jpg
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JamesWorldNews
Does "Editor" mean they actually edit anything? Isn't it just the name for a senior correspondent?http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02367/robinson_2367544b.jpg



I asked the same question some years ago. Here was the conversation:

http://www.tvforum.co.uk/thenewsroom/general-presentation-logistics-questions-32056/
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A former member
When will BBC News move to single-handed news presentation? Some time next year?
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HarryB
Jenny Hill makes her Berlin correspondent debut, in Prague...
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George Hill
Norman's new title makes it hard to distinguish his precise role from James Landale - Deputy Political editor? The advert for Chief Political Correspondent talks about working with the Political editor, deputy and assistant editors, and will provide coverage to NC in the afternoon and early evening.

Lots of movers and shakers!


Before Norman was chief political correspondent on the news channel he had the same role at radio 4. Gary O'Donughue is leaving the radio 4 role for Washington. As the new chief political correspondent ad says it will be providing coverage late afternoon and early evening that sounds like a slowly different one to Norman's currently. So, I wonder whether the new assistant editor role will combine the radio 4 job so Norman will do the early morning two ways on Today and often a live piece on WATO that Gary currently does.

As well as having lots of political editors they also have (had?) three chief political correspondents - radio 4, 5live and news channel.

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