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Japan: Quake, Tsunami and Nuclear Coverage

(March 2011)

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MS
msim
aconnell posted:
What's the latest count on journalists in Japan for the BBC?

Mariko Oi, Chris Hogg, Clive Myrie, George Alagiah, Matt Frei, Roland Buerk, Tim Willcox, Alastair Leithead, Rachel Harvey, Damian Grammaticas. That's 10, and that's rather excessive, despite the size of the story!

Let's not forget the Radio presenters out there as well. I know that James Naughty and Shelagh Fogarty are.


Define "excessive" please. How does this compare to Sky/ITN and how does this compare to the number of outlets the BBC has compared to these.
JO
Johnnie
aconnell posted:
What's the latest count on journalists in Japan for the BBC?

Mariko Oi, Chris Hogg, Clive Myrie, George Alagiah, Matt Frei, Roland Buerk, Tim Willcox, Alastair Leithead, Rachel Harvey, Damian Grammaticas. That's 10, and that's rather excessive, despite the size of the story!

Let's not forget the Radio presenters out there as well. I know that James Naughty and Shelagh Fogarty are.


Jenny Hill..
PE
Pete Founding member
msim posted:
Define "excessive" please.


Well if you're the Daily Mail it's > 1
DV
DVB Cornwall
Frankly this argument is facile in the circumstances. With the dislocation, multiple human stories, spread of damage, economic relevance in the current global weakness and the nuclear issue far more correspondents than usual are needed.
DA
davidhorman
DVB Cornwall posted:
One technical advance being used to the absolute full is Skype.


Are broadcasters obliged to namecheck Skype whenever they make use of it?

David
AC
aconnell
Firstly, I only ever watch the BBC, so I can't comment on Sky or ITV, and I certainly don't read the Daily Mail!! But what sort of length of shifts are they doing? 10 correspondents is, in my opinion, excessive. I understand there are basically domestic and international platforms to the BBC, but even then, a large majority of the reports and content is shared. I wouldn't say 5 is excessive, but 10 definitely is.

As a very loose example, the Chilean miners coverage was covered very much by Tim Willcox, with Matt Frei.
PE
Pete Founding member
aconnell posted:
Firstly, I only ever watch the BBC, so I can't comment on Sky or ITV, and I certainly don't read the Daily Mail!! But what sort of length of shifts are they doing? 10 correspondents is, in my opinion, excessive. I understand there are basically domestic and international platforms to the BBC, but even then, a large majority of the reports and content is shared. I wouldn't say 5 is excessive, but 10 definitely is.

As a very loose example, the Chilean miners coverage was covered very much by Tim Willcox, with Matt Frei.


The miners all came up the same shaft though, they were not spread over a complex country.
DV
DVB Cornwall
How the Chilean miners story can possibly be compared with this baffles me.

Park schoolkids kickabout vs World Cup Final
NE
newsatten
aconnell posted:
Firstly, I only ever watch the BBC, so I can't comment on Sky or ITV, and I certainly don't read the Daily Mail!! But what sort of length of shifts are they doing? 10 correspondents is, in my opinion, excessive. I understand there are basically domestic and international platforms to the BBC, but even then, a large majority of the reports and content is shared. I wouldn't say 5 is excessive, but 10 definitely is.

As a very loose example, the Chilean miners coverage was covered very much by Tim Willcox, with Matt Frei.


Well compared to say ITV News who you could say are a smaller operation have at least:
- Julie Etchingham
- James Mates
- Emma Murphy
- Angus Walker ( btw who's based in that area nowdays being China correspondent).
Plus 2 more for Daybreak IIRC. So that's 6 of the top of my head.

BBC have multiple operations, National bulletins, News Channel, Breakfast, World, Radio.
DO
dosxuk
davidhorman posted:
DVB Cornwall posted:
One technical advance being used to the absolute full is Skype.


Are broadcasters obliged to namecheck Skype whenever they make use of it?

David


According to Skype's Broadcasters Terms of Use, yes. At a minimum of 15 minute intervals on radio, and through the use of their logo burnt into any pictures on tv.
NI
Nicky
newsatten posted:
aconnell posted:
Firstly, I only ever watch the BBC, so I can't comment on Sky or ITV, and I certainly don't read the Daily Mail!! But what sort of length of shifts are they doing? 10 correspondents is, in my opinion, excessive. I understand there are basically domestic and international platforms to the BBC, but even then, a large majority of the reports and content is shared. I wouldn't say 5 is excessive, but 10 definitely is.

As a very loose example, the Chilean miners coverage was covered very much by Tim Willcox, with Matt Frei.


Well compared to say ITV News who you could say are a smaller operation have at least:
- Julie Etchingham
- James Mates
- Emma Murphy
- Angus Walker ( btw who's based in that area nowdays being China correspondent).
Plus 2 more for Daybreak IIRC. So that's 6 of the top of my head.

BBC have multiple operations, National bulletins, News Channel, Breakfast, World, Radio.


And add to that ITV list Rohit Kachroo, who made an appearance reporting from Japan on the News at Ten.

I don't think the BBC has gone overboard, to be honest. As newsatten has said, the BBC have numerous worldwide outlets to cater for.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Is there really any need for the BBC News website to take up half my screen with a MASSIVE breaking news banner every time something emerges from Japan? It's the same on TV - the breaking news ticker/astons/graphics are deployed far, far too frequently; so much so that they lose their effectiveness. Granted, when the story first broke the huge banner on the website did catch my attention (how could it not?!) but I've now seen it so many times since Friday that I no longer take notice of it. Do journalists really think we're all morons who can't understand something presented in a normal sized font?

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