21-03-2023, 08:20 PM
(21-03-2023, 07:23 PM)AJB39 Wrote:And this sums up perfectly how badly this merger has been handled for BBC News journalists, presenters, producers, and other staff. Less than two weeks until launch...........(21-03-2023, 03:20 PM)House Wrote: Martine has made it clear on Twitter that ‘as things stand’ she isn’t leaving the BBC, though doesn’t appear to have any more clarity on what her role would be from April. She’s been quite adamant that she won’t have a ‘presentation’ role on air. Off-air staff generally seemed to have more clarity (though in many cases that seemed to mean redundancy very sadly).Martine said on Twitter today that she has 6 News Channel presenting shifts left. She also said that she doesn’t yet know what she will be doing after that.
I’m surprised that so close to the new channel launching, so little is known publicly about the schedule or programmes, and that so much seems up in the air in the Washington DC bureau (including at least one chief presenter yet to be appointed). Ordinarily you’d have expected television promos, at least for Nicky Campbell’s programme…