I just saw a video from the SBS WA Corespondent who was working and reporting for World News out of 10 Perth, using a Paramount laptop.
How long have SBS Video Journalists been working out of Paramount’ Offices? And is it only in WA?
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And from a South Aussie, it’s also nice to have you back in the Festival State
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It looks shocking. Like someone has found a stock image and decided to do it “just cause”. It doesn’t match the branding at all
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Catalina Florez is Presenting SBS World News This Weekend.
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The screen on the desk appears to have been replaced. It’s much brighter this week and doesn’t have that weird distortion on camera anymore.
It was lovely to see you being the only person who stopped to help the journalist who was pushed over today.
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It was a bit of a shock for those who got pushed over. I was very lucky i didn’t trip over.
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Australians place growing trust in SBS News
SBS has been recognised as one of Australia’s most trusted news providers, ranking equal first in the 2026 Reuters Digital News Report.
Australians continue to place their trust in SBS’s independent, accurate and impartial journalism,
with the latest Reuters Digital News Report finding that audience trust is at 66% (+7 ppts year-on-year), placing SBS equal first among Australian news organisations, alongside the ABCThe trust result comes as audiences increasingly turn to SBS News across digital and third-party
platforms, with SBS News website page views increasing by 18% year-on-year¹ and third-party
video views up 78% year-on-year².According to the 2026 Reuters Digital News Report, almost half (49%) of Australians believe public
service media has a positive effect on life in Australia (well above the global average of 36%). This
increased to 68% among young adults aged 25-34.The report also identified growing engagement with public service media among younger
audiences, with usage increasing from 43% to 54% among 18–24 year-olds and from 47% to 51%
among 25–34 year-olds from 2022 to 2026.Respondents cited universal access, trustworthy news, diverse perspectives, high-quality
journalism and news free from commercial or political influence as the main drivers of this support.
SBS Managing Director, Jane Palfreyman, said these results demonstrate the importance of trusted
journalism in an increasingly complex news environment.“Trust is earned through rigorous reporting, editorial independence and a commitment to serving
audiences with accuracy, impartiality and balance. This recognition reflects the dedication of SBS
journalists and teams across the organisation who work every day to inform Australians, tell diverse
stories and help audiences make sense of the issues shaping our world.”As the public broadcaster for all Australians, SBS reaches audiences in more than 60 languages
across television, digital, audio and third-party platforms, reporting on national and international
events, as well as issues that matter to diverse communities.SBS’s news offering includes SBS World News, Australia’s only television news service with a
primarily global focus, and NITV News, Australia’s only national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
television news service.SBS Director of News, Mandi Wicks, said it is encouraging that younger audiences are turning to
public service broadcasters, like SBS, for fact-based reporting.“In an era where misinformation and disinformation can spread rapidly, trusted journalism has never
been more important. Our role is to provide independent reporting, impartial analysis and a diversity
of perspectives that help Australians stay informed and connected.”The 2026 Reuters Digital News Report is part of a long-running international survey coordinated by
the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University. The News and Media
Research Centre at the University of Canberra is the Australian partner institute. This year’s report
looks into behaviours and attitudes towards trust, AI use in news, news influencers, and public
service media. It can be accessed here.
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Maybe management should invest in the product then. SBS news online is largely repackaged AAP stories and out of date SBS-made feature stories. The bulletin is on autopilot, it’s stale and tired and overdue for a visual relaunch. No one would miss the late news if it disappeared. They need to introduce some pace to the bulletin and reorient some of the content to have a greater Asian focus ahead of endless stories from Africa and South America.
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The ABC has the Asian angle covered through The World. We need stories from Africa and Latin America.
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I particularly hate how they use reports from Al Jazeera, the BBC and other overseas outlets for the flagship bulletin. Instead of investing in being a proper world news outlet with original they’ve become an aggregator. The places where they do have a correspondent is already covered by major outlets.
We seriously need reporters back in Africa (both north and south), Latin America, Central Asia and for goodness sakes there’s not even a New Zealand correspondent at any of our tv networks now!
As far as the ABC is concerned the world only consists of USA, Europe (mainly Uk and Ukraine) and the Asia-Pacific region (excluding NZ).
SBS should be in the under-reported places if the ABC doesn’t want to be there.
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Another show, at another time, on another network. That’s also on autopilot and stale and tired.
I’m not saying no stories from Africa or Latin America, but just a better balance of stories. There are almost nightly stories about politics in South America. Malaysia, Indonesian, Singaporean, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, etc politics barely gets a mention on SBS.
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