18-08-2022, 09:38 AM
(18-08-2022, 09:24 AM)Deejay Wrote: Today is a good example of the lead stories they’ll have to choose between in future. A-Level results or Ukraine. (Although at 9am, the plan is the uk stream will be taking Nicky Campbell’s radio 5 live phone in.)
I watched the 5AM NC/WN simulcast this morning and there's only one 2-min package on the A-Level results at the "B-Block" (after the quarter heads)... While on the 9AM hour the story is all over the place. The 5AM hour this morning is a good reference point on what the channel will be for the UK audience when the NC/WN merge in the future.
I think one of the points that has been oversighted in this thread is the "logistical purpose" of the NC.
As emphasized by Martine Croxall on her Twitter a lot of times, the NC has a far greater purpose than just providing UK news to viewers 24/7... The channel serves as a content driver across other BBC News platforms. The content used on NC such as the packages, interviews are often re-used in other platforms such as the national bulletins, Newsnight, regional news, the BBC News App etc...
The NC is far greater than just a channel, it is an on-the-hour domestic newsgathering workflow system that serves as one of the major content source for the entire BBC News division. What I think Martine Croxall is trying to imply is that merging NC and WN will basically demolish the domestic newsgathering system, and will make other platforms lose a major source of domestic news content and may result in an increase of production cost for these platforms and give a harder time for staff to maintain these platforms...
For example, some skeleton regional newsroom might now have to employ extra staff to produce a regional bulletin because they no longer can reuse some packages from the NC.
If my interpretation is flawed, anyone is welcome to correct me and I will be humbled to learn~