Who'll get there first ? BBC News and ITN are both seeking new editors for their main bulletins. At Auntie, the vacancy which straddles the Six and Ten O'Clock News is created by the move of James Stephenson to BBC World. (James' dad, Hugh, still features in many tv journalist training sessions via YouTube.)
At ITN, the job is a little wider. Deborah Turness had responsibility for all bulletins on ITV (1), and a co-ordinating role across regional bulletins, before she was headhunted by NBC. And it seems ITV's own headhunters don't want to be outdone for the width of their search, prowling not just around Sky but the slightly less glamorous Services Sound and Vision Corporation. There resides Nick Pollard, inspector of the stables of BBC journalism - and, lest we forget, an executive producer at ITN for 13 years. Does he have the same affection for the place, as, say, Lord Hall had for the BBC ?
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