Just freeze him and use him in another 20 years 
Another day, another place name error. Theyâll never get the confidence of local viewers if they canât get the basics right. The place name is âShellharbourâ not âShell Harbourâ. Itâs only one of the fastest growing local government areas in regional NSW.
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Iâm still trying to come to terms as to why they chose Vanessa⌠they literally have a surplus of presenters that are better than herâŚ
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Thatâs pathetic!
Although perhaps I shouldnât be too surprised, some of the geographical howlers Iâve seen on recent Sydney-based TV news reports include the placing of New Italy (in the Northern Rivers region) and Newcastle as being on the Mid North Coast! 
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Was this on Nine News Sydney?
If so, they have an interesting grasp of NSW geography, as it would place Newcastle on the Mid North Coast only 50 km from Cessnock in the Central West!
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I think it was a report from Nine News Sydney, which wouldnât be surprising remembering that theyâve placed Raymond Terrace as being âon the stateâs Central Coastâ during a national bulletin before!
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So they effectively have the Central Coast as being north of the Mid North Coast?
Very intriguing geography indeed!
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The Sydney reporters get things wrong. Lake Macquarie is geographically in the lower Hunter, but according to them itâs always the Central Coast.
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I have always hated the regional broadcasting attitude that nothing comes from one single town - itâs from a bland farm or river somewhere! Prime TV is a bad offender of this and I argued with the head of programming about this 15 years ago!
Itâs the same in radio where announcers arenât allowed to talk about the town they are broadcasting to but refer to âthe studioâ.
TNT in Launceston used to announce programmes as being âLive from our studios in Launcestonâ even though they broadcast across Northern Tasmania. I truly think there is more to be gained by anchoring to one place rather than broadcasting from the stratosphere.
The thinking is that viewers will turn off if they think they are watching/listening to a broadcast anchored to a nearby town, rather than the one they are in. Clearly nonsense, but still the patronising approach continues with Nine Regional News.
Obviously this situation is slightly different, as the news is from Melbourne, but the point Iâm trying to make is just be SOMEWHERE. No trees, no farms, no bland mountain ranges.
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Come to NZ mate, you canât help but notice everything is piped out of Auckland!
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I completely agree @CTC7-9-10
This whole viewers will turn off because it is not my city on the background is nonsense.
Viewers all around Australia watch Sydney and Melbourne backdrops constantly.
NBN and SC use backdrops that are so generic they have no local tie at all.
I grew up in a large own in NNSW in the shadow of a few larger cities in the viewing area. It made sense to me that local news came from Coffs Harbour at the time - as that was the largest city in the viewing area. It was not a turn off to see a Coffs backdrop - it made sense. I didnt expect the news to be broadcast from my town. And youâre right it is a bit insulting / patronizing to find a generic farm / trees / coastline shot and say âhey here were are - in generic land over hereâ
The Riverina backdrop is farmland. And this Border North East backdrop is a rusty rural bridge.
Albury-Wodonga is the doemianmnyt city in the area - and that should feature. And I agree - to be SOMEWHERE looks better than to be NOWHERE (generic)
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Iâd have thought one of the most historically important bridges in the country, spanning the countryâs most iconic river, joining two large regional cities in two states is perfect for a news bulletin which serves those cities.
All that news coming out of Sydney gives us a rusty old bridge as their backdrop.
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Four weeks ago everyone was having kittens over the fact that the backdrop for the Central West bulletin was a streetscape in Orange, which makes me think this line of thinking is highly contextual.
For what itâs worth, I quite like NNCWâs current backdrop, which is aâŚwheat field? Some sort of farmland. The geography of the shot theyâve chosen is representative of the geographic look of the tablelands and surrounding areas, which I think goes some way to making the bulletin âlocalâ without having it anchored in one population centre (issues with Vanessa aside).
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But do they pretend itâs anything else?
They got this right tonight. âShellharbourâ was seen on screen as one word. Unfortunately they added an âsâ to the name of the shopping centre. Stockland, not Stocklands. I know, Iâm nit picking now.
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A lot of people seem to do this all the time, which shits me.
We have 2 Stockland shopping centres in Townsville which a lot of people also call âstocklandsâ, Myer is âMyersâ, sizzler is âSizzlersâ.
No idea why people do that!
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Myer was known as Myerâs Stores for about half their existence, so that probably explains them.
âWestfieldsâ 
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Nine News Central West has crossed to the Sydney bulletin for the London terror attack coverage.
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