I agree, he’s much better suited as a field reporter and correspondent.
He’s not the best news anchor, he sounds very sensationalised and unnecessarily puts emphasis on words that don’t require it.
Mitch is by far the best presenter in Melbourne, and I hope that Mike won’t be his successor, but there’s really no other suitable options other than Mike unfortunately.
Why does this remind me of Perth’s afternoon titlecard?
I do wish he would do more on-field reporting. He’s one of the only skilled journalists left in that team
Funnily enough, I will note that he sounds much more professional when presenting the national bulletins compared to the local ones. So I sometimes suspect that the shouts aren’t usually part of his presenting.
Blake Johnson?
The live shot across all 3 screens looks new and very nice. It’s how it should have been in the first place.
Looks so much better, but still not sure why the text needs to be SO BIG.
The end titlecard is a nice lesson in restrainment, less is definitely more.
Yes he’s good at reading an autocue but Mitch has zero versatility and cannot ad-lib. The “banter” between him and Jane is cringeworthy. He’s comfortable with Tim and Sandy Roberts before him. If networks want to build their audiences I believe the 6pm news needs a revamp that will require more versatility from the anchors. Amor has the versatility, as does the likes of Michael Usher.
Looks great. The orange is a nice touch too.
Sydney is very lucky to have Amelia. That whole report was very well done. Not an ounce of (Melbourne-esq) sensationalism in that whole report.
7News Brisbane tonight will be from inside the green room at Qld parliament.
The transitions look nice, but it annoys me that the screens are not even in size. If they want it to look realistic, the screens don’t do the job.
That looks much better! Love the live shot on all screens
And then apparently in another part for the election coverage
For anyone outside of Queensland who wants to watch Seven’s QLD election coverage:
The wrong opening music was used in Perth tonight by accident with the long closing theme playing in its entirety. Sounded quite weird.
Any video of this?
Try 7plus and listen to the opening
Don’t know where to post this, but just saw a clip during a news update on 9 (during Hotseat), with a reporter holding both a 7News and an ABC News microphone while following someone outside court. Does this normally happen (a reporter ‘being there’ for two networks)?
Sometimes if they don’t have a reporter, could also be a Covid thing lessening people crowding. But yeah helping each other is very common in the field.
