BBC news presenters have been told they can relax their formal dress code in the pursuit of more authentic reporting. Because the broadcaster wants to restart its 24-hour news channel.
Director of Digital, BBC News
BBC News director of digital, Naja Nielsen, told staff last week. The more ragged “sweaty and dirty” look adopted by some journalists when away from the studio may be more relatable. Nielsen was speaking as the BBC announced plans to merge BBC World News with its domestic news channel. in order to cut costs and make its rolling news output more attractive to online audiences. The managers argue that this is their chance to build the best news channel in the world.
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The presenters took this as a sign to ditch the suits and dresses.
Some presenters took this as a sign to abandon suits and dresses. A source said the dress code changes were already happening on screen, pointing to weather presenter Tomasz Schafernker wearing a jacket and T-shirt on at least one occasion. Other insiders said Nielsen’s comments were merely expressing a desire for increased authenticity.
Newsroom in Launched Channel
Her ambition is to encourage more smartphone camera reporting from journalists as the channel seeks to engage the TikTok generation. He told reporters that his mother was impressed by the studio presentation, but his children were less impressed. The relaunched channel will have more links hosted from the center of the newsroom and, as one insider said. “Presenters standing in front of giant iPads to demonstrate how we verify footage.
Nielsen told a wide group of reporters
The BBC News Channel will have a team of eight journalists who will act as both correspondents and studio presenters. The posts are being recruited. Nielsen told a wide group of reporters: “It’s a little bit, as sweaty and dirty as when we’re on the field. It’s actually more relatable than we look like we’re at an awards ceremony or Went out of a nice dinner.
Deadline revealed earlier this month
Deadline revealed earlier this month that 10 of the BBC’s most experienced anchors face uncertain futures. Because he has been told that he will not be the main presenter on the channel. Martyn Croxall, Ben Brown and Anita McVeigh were among those who did not succeed. The channel’s lineup will include Mathew Amroliwala, Yalda Hakim, Christian Fraser, Lucy Hawkings and Mariam Moshiri. He will earn as much as £230,000 ($276,000).
BBC expected to launch new channel on April 3
The BBC is expected to launch the new channel on 3 April, although insiders said the changes would be phased in over an unspecified period of time. The pilots are underway with a dry run of the new schedule on March 6. A senior source said: “The single-channel operation will be a phased launch over months, with different elements being introduced over time. One shouldn’t get hung up on April or expect everything to change at once.
Paul Royal, acting editor of the channels, said
Paul Royle, acting editor of BBC news channels, said he had high hopes for the revamped service. “My objective, my objective is that we will have the best global news channel in the world,” he told staff. The channel will broadcast more international news but will branch out to major UK news, so that domestic viewers can receive prepackaged output. It operates from London, and Washington D.C. during the UK day and evening. and would be anchored for the night off Singapore.
Said an insider
One source said the BBC has yet to get its technical setup right in Washington. And people on the ground feel the operation is a “discomfort”. There is a lot of anger about the treatment of presenters with decades of experience. “People are furious about it,” said an insider. Producers think the presenters have been treated cruelly.
