[Scratch_Perry]

How long before Sophie Raworth is trending on Twitter and the discussion of Newswatch this week. #sneakers

Casual footwear seems to be de rigueur in broadcasting these days; you only have to look at the presentation of live sports fixtures, be it football, cricket, both rugby codes etc, where the pundits now tend to do pitchside presentation.

On the whole, nothing wrong with relaxed dresswear as long as one is smartly dressed.  For me, everyday tie-wearing is passe, as it epitomises the age of stuffiness, where being inclusive is the way forward.

[Rolling News]

Casual footwear seems to be de rigueur in broadcasting these days; you only have to look at the presentation of live sports fixtures, be it football, cricket, both rugby codes etc, where the pundits now tend to do pitchside presentation.

On the whole, nothing wrong with relaxed dresswear as long as one is smartly dressed.  For me, everyday tie-wearing is passe, as it epitomises the age of stuffiness, where being inclusive is the way forward.

Totally agree. But there’s bound to be some whinge on Newswatch at some point complaining how newsreaders should dress like royalty and how standards have slipped dramatically since 1935.

[London Lite]

Sarah McMullan wore trainers on Reporting Scotland recently and nobody bothered to complain.

[lobster]

Well, the deteriorated dress code standards certainly reflect their content, output and production values of recent.

Sorry to say this, but you are outdated

[AaronLancs]

Yes, here’s the gallery view from yesterday’s 1 which shows a pre-rec sport headline still as the sustaining feed:

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I'd hate to join the broken record bandwagon of headline sequence lengths but I was more looking at that clock.
1 minute and 58 seconds to go through headlines, regional / sport insert, titles and on to the first story. Things really more compact back in the day.

[Brekkie]

Just picking up from Keith's comment in the Breakfast thread (didn't want to take that on a tangent) and just thinking about how even the service the news channel used to put out on nationwide strike days was better than the current effort.

[Radio_man]

Casual footwear seems to be de rigueur in broadcasting these days; you only have to look at the presentation of live sports fixtures, be it football, cricket, both rugby codes etc, where the pundits now tend to do pitchside presentation.

On the whole, nothing wrong with relaxed dresswear as long as one is smartly dressed.  For me, everyday tie-wearing is passe, as it epitomises the age of stuffiness, where being inclusive is the way forward.

That's the key here - smartly dressed. Nothing at all wrong with smart casual. But even if you know you're only going to be on for the 15 minutes at 1345-1400, it's not difficult to make sure you've had a shave and have more than a polo shirt to wear.

[Spencer]

From a practical point of view, surely wearing trainers or soft-soled shoes is beneficial given there's more walking around in the new Studio B, in that they make less noise. The last thing you want is a noisy clip-clopping in the background caused by a clacky mule.

[bilky asko]

And hasn't this been the norm for a while in many other countries in Europe as suitable footwear for newsreaders?

[harshy]

Well, the deteriorated dress code standards certainly reflect their content, output and production values of recent.

They probably wore trainers in the past but they were stuck behind a desk so the viewer would never know