FrancisC post_id=12355 time=1620919067 user_id=1108 Wrote:It looks like most of the regional reporters have been announced now, just now the (E/W) Midlands, East of England and the South West I think:
Scotland - David Donaldson
Wales - Lily Hewitson
Northern Ireland - Conchúr Dowds
London - Paul Hawkins
North West - Bradley Harris
North East - Rachel Sweeney
Yorkshire - Anna Riley
South East - Ellie Costello
While I would guess GB News' regional operations won't be the same scale as the BBC (possibly even home based?), I do think it's quite better than the BBC/ITV/Sky in that reporters will be actually based in regions across the UK - as opposed to a few larger bases for the BBC and fewer for Sky and travelling in and out of areas to cover stories.
That is in spite of the fact the BBC and ITV have regional newsrooms across the UK - their local journalists do not normally contribute to national news coverage as much as I would like.
Of course it is and always has been a complete lie from GB News and Andrew Neil that the other television news outlet don't cover the regions - I guess it suits them to ignore the fact the BBC regional news is often their highest rated sow of the day. What will be telling is how much free reign they get to find stories in their own regions, or whether it is dictated too by the HQ in London what type of stories they need to look for.
I suspect too they may encounter similar problems to The Sun journalists in being told where to go when approaching certain people for stories.
FrancisC post_id=12355 time=1620919067 user_id=1108 Wrote:I do think it's quite better than the BBC/ITV/Sky in that reporters will be actually based in regions across the UK - as opposed to a few larger bases for the BBC and fewer for Sky and travelling in and out of areas to cover stories.
Worth adding that Sky have been reinstating some of the dedicated correspondents for regions in the last year, although only in areas more than an hour from Osterley (as those areas are most economically served from there).
Brekkie post_id=12363 time=1620921884 user_id=976 Wrote:FrancisC post_id=12355 time=1620919067 user_id=1108 Wrote:It looks like most of the regional reporters have been announced now, just now the (E/W) Midlands, East of England and the South West I think:
Scotland - David Donaldson
Wales - Lily Hewitson
Northern Ireland - Conchúr Dowds
London - Paul Hawkins
North West - Bradley Harris
North East - Rachel Sweeney
Yorkshire - Anna Riley
South East - Ellie Costello
While I would guess GB News' regional operations won't be the same scale as the BBC (possibly even home based?), I do think it's quite better than the BBC/ITV/Sky in that reporters will be actually based in regions across the UK - as opposed to a few larger bases for the BBC and fewer for Sky and travelling in and out of areas to cover stories.
That is in spite of the fact the BBC and ITV have regional newsrooms across the UK - their local journalists do not normally contribute to national news coverage as much as I would like.
Of course it is and always has been a complete lie from GB News and Andrew Neil that the other television news outlet don't cover the regions - I guess it suits them to ignore the fact the BBC regional news is often their highest rated sow of the day. What will be telling is how much free reign they get to find stories in their own regions, or whether it is dictated too by the HQ in London what type of stories they need to look for.
I suspect too they may encounter similar problems to The Sun journalists in being told where to go when approaching certain people for stories.
Do you have a source for this? perhaps they meant they will cover regions in a different way than the main channels. I know from London regions that it's very rare they actually cover a very local story. It's normally about the West End etc or something major. Not a fire down the road for example.
valley post_id=12381 time=1620927354 user_id=971 Wrote:FrancisC post_id=12355 time=1620919067 user_id=1108 Wrote:I do think it's quite better than the BBC/ITV/Sky in that reporters will be actually based in regions across the UK - as opposed to a few larger bases for the BBC and fewer for Sky and travelling in and out of areas to cover stories.
Worth adding that Sky have been reinstating some of the dedicated correspondents for regions in the last year, although only in areas more than an hour from Osterley (as those areas are most economically served from there).
Explains why Harriet Hadfield is now a regional correspondent. I remember the West of England correspondent being sent to places like Brighton, despite being an hour from Osterley by car.
AllWillBeWell post_id=12394 time=1620936152 user_id=773 Wrote:Brekkie post_id=12363 time=1620921884 user_id=976 Wrote:FrancisC post_id=12355 time=1620919067 user_id=1108 Wrote:It looks like most of the regional reporters have been announced now, just now the (E/W) Midlands, East of England and the South West I think:
Scotland - David Donaldson
Wales - Lily Hewitson
Northern Ireland - Conchúr Dowds
London - Paul Hawkins
North West - Bradley Harris
North East - Rachel Sweeney
Yorkshire - Anna Riley
South East - Ellie Costello
While I would guess GB News' regional operations won't be the same scale as the BBC (possibly even home based?), I do think it's quite better than the BBC/ITV/Sky in that reporters will be actually based in regions across the UK - as opposed to a few larger bases for the BBC and fewer for Sky and travelling in and out of areas to cover stories.
That is in spite of the fact the BBC and ITV have regional newsrooms across the UK - their local journalists do not normally contribute to national news coverage as much as I would like.
Of course it is and always has been a complete lie from GB News and Andrew Neil that the other television news outlet don't cover the regions - I guess it suits them to ignore the fact the BBC regional news is often their highest rated sow of the day. What will be telling is how much free reign they get to find stories in their own regions, or whether it is dictated too by the HQ in London what type of stories they need to look for.
I suspect too they may encounter similar problems to The Sun journalists in being told where to go when approaching certain people for stories.
Do you have a source for this? perhaps they meant they will cover regions in a different way than the main channels. I know from London regions that it's very rare they actually cover a very local story. It's normally about the West End etc or something major. Not a fire down the road for example.
He did a long form interview for the Media Show, plus it's a line they've been saying throughout in the hope that if they repeat it enough people will believe it's true. Which it's already clear many people do.
See they got Michelle Dewberry on Question Time tonight - that went pretty much how you'd expect it to go.
A lot of people being hired. I do wonder, given how such ventures normally go, how many will still be there in a years time?
Two things happen - firstly some programmes, ideas and/or presenters just won't work, that's perfectly normal for something that is totally new
The next thing that happens is that the launch budget runs out and the regular budget take over and suddenly its real life. The flowers on the reception desk are the first to go*, then the big grand reporting assignments, then freelance cover, then staff
It's an unprecedented channel launch and it's very rare to have a TV news operation launch that's totally new and independent - the most recent are the local TV stations (though London Live wasn't and look how that turned out), then before that Sky and before that TVam.
The nearest launch to compare it to apart from London Live is probably in radio something like Talk Radio UK
EDIT - just realised, the best comparison is the original L!ve TV, and we all know how well that went
*I have worked somewhere where that happened. That's when you know the honeymoon period is over :?
I do get the feeling with GB News with all the press releases of every journalist being hired, and the perception by many people of what the station will be like editorially wise, I do feel GB News is in a very dangerous position of being in for a huge fall when they launch, as expectation looks like will outdo reality, and when they finally launch, the hype and expectation will fade away very quickly, and the station could suffer.
Maybe these constant press releases of journalists and anchors being hired should be scaled back, concentrate more on launching rather than whipping up expectations which will lead to a massive fall, if viewers feel they have been let down. Just my personal thought on their pre launch style at the moment.
I don't think ANY new channel has ever been perfect at the point of launch. They try out ideas and see what works. I would be rather disappointed if they behaved in any other way, and us Pres Geeks would soon run out of things to chat about . . . 8-)
You'd hope the very wealthy backers of the channel would keep up the flow of cash for a least a few years. The channel will need three-five years before it can be marked as a success or failure. It is going to be tough. but not impossible.
Stuart post_id=12468 time=1620986289 user_id=875 Wrote:I don't think ANY new channel has ever been perfect at the point of launch. They try out ideas and see what works. I would be rather disappointed if they behaved in any other way, and us Pres Geeks would soon run out of things to chat about . . . 8-)
Absoutley , as I said above it's always the case that some ideas work and some don't - if you're having to programme a channel on air 24/7 then there's a lot of ideas needed. It's just a case of how much gets ditched and how soon.
I remember the troubled start of Talk Radio UK where e there were programmes promoted that never appeared, presenters that moved slots the week before and some programmes that were on once and never heard again. I don't think GB News will be anywhere near as chaotic though.
As long as we don't get topless darts.
Can I ask, would talkRADIO, if it were available on the main TV platforms, would it do well with audiences, and be a good competitor to GB News?
If News UK spend some money on securing channel space on Freeview, Sky, Freesat, Virgin etc, and have talkRADIO on there, would it provide another option to viewers, and be successful. Could this be a strategy Murdoch could use to compete with GB News?
They already stream live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, their own website, surely the next leap to a TV channel would not be hard for them, as they already act like a TV news channel anyway?
As media analysts have been saying, the most to lose from this project will be those who think it'll be editorially what they perceive it'll be when it's looking more likely it'll be neither.
More signings include Bethany Elsey from Sky News and another Yorkshire reporter Kevin Larkin currently with Radio Leeds and Politics North. My guess is Anna Riley will cover her existing patch of East Yorkshire along with Lincolnshire and the Yorkshire Coast, with Kevin covering West, South and North Yorkshire.
A little more promising. Can see some Euronews style pres with the touchscreen area.