I watched a bit of one of last Thursday’s Nine Melbourne bulletin on 9Now to see what Alicia and Tom were like… I thought they worked well, Alicia’s delivery did look more polished than Tom’s, but that’s probably due more to experience, I’m sure Tom will get better.
The desk also seemed a little crowded when Tony was there for sport as well, but I guess that’s only for a very short period of time.
Though I did note Melbourne are still including the reporter’s name in the intro eg. “As Mark Santomartino explains” … I’ve always found this a little odd and unnecessary, particularly when there is now a reporter super (something Melbourne didn’t always have) as well as the reporter sign off.
Sydney has never done this, I don’t think Brisbane has either, not sure about Adelaide and Perth?
Yes, Sydney used to have the reporter super at the start of the report, and also if/when the reporter appeared on screen as well, but now only have the latter.
If eg. for a sports report, they don’t appear on screen, there is no super at all. I would rather have have the reporter super somewhere in every report though.
Of course, he doesn’t NEED to be there, Alicia is perfectly capable of doing it solo.
But i think it’s a bit harsh to say that Tom doesn’t belong or deserve to be there. He’s well qualified and has the journalistic experience and is doing okay so far.
Though I think he’s been thrown in the deep end a little presernting wise, with hindsight, Nine should have given him more presenting exposure by doing 4pm news last year.
Interesting all the negative commentary on Tom. IMO, he is doing a great job. Do we extend the same criticism to say…Rick Ardon - is he necessary?. Very wooden presentation style. What about Will Goodings? Ch 7 Adelaide went solo with Jane Doyle when John Riddell retired, but have returned to a dual presenter role. With current ratings after a couple of weeks, I’d say people are turned off on him at all…
