Sunday, January 7, 2024

Hello again

William Turvill in the Sunday Times tells readers "Five female BBC News presenters who were sidelined in March as part of a merger are expected to be given new jobs in the coming months."

The five - Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone, Geeta Guru-Murthy, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh - have been in some sort of HR-induced limbo since the shambolic 'merger' of the BBC World channel with the BBC News channel.  In that process, five presenters chiefly associated with BBC World - Yalda Hakim, Lucy Hockings, Christian Fraser, Matthew Amroliwala and Maryam Moshiri - were appointed 'Chief Presenters. 

Heaven forfend that viewers of the new, improved BBC News service both here and in the apparently vital US market have been less than impressed by some of the newer faces who've been given opportunities to fill continuing holes in the presenter rota.  

Martine seemed pretty clear about a comeback in July last year. 

 

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