23-10-2023, 07:31 PM
(23-10-2023, 06:40 PM)Andrew Wrote: Reeta went out for a bit at the start of the Ukraine war as well.To be fair to the BBC and Reeta, this was perhaps not their fault. As I remember it, Reeta was sent out to Ukraine just as it was starting to get difficult to travel into the country, so presented from Lviv (which is in western Ukraine). Clive, along with other BBC reporters and correspondents such as James Waterhouse and Lyse Doucet, was already in Kyiv which probably gave more of an “in the action feeling”.
I recall at the time, it wasn’t seen as a success. Whereas Clive always gives off the impression he’s literally just come off the front line to present the bulletin, Reeta seemed to be so distant from the action, she might as well not have been there
Nevertheless, Reeta’s reporting focused on the refugees fleeing the east and brought valuable insight to viewers. Along with Kasia Madera’s excellent reporting from the border with Poland.