Wednesday: Mark Beretta is presenting sport in Sydney
Thursday 19 December-
Robert Ovadia is presenting Morning News today.
EDIT-
Robert also read sports news
Thursday: Mark Ferguson presenting 4pm news in Sydney due to the bushfires across NSW
Caps:
Is that a real live shot? Fuck
Thursday 19 December-
Mark Beretta presented sport in Sydney again tonight.
I donāt know what it is about the Melbourne newsroom but everyone presenting just sound so childish and sensationalist.
Blake Johnson and Mike Amor to name a few were great reporters/presenters and since moving to Melbourne they just sound so stupid and communicate like everyone is dumb. Even Peter Mitchell sounds worse off than he did 10 years agoā¦
Would love to hear everyone elseās thoughts on this
Donāt know if itās entirely a network-wide thing, but I personally think that several Seven News Sydney reporters and even certain presenters (you can probably guess exactly which ones Iām referring to) seem to have rather sensationalist storytelling styles which really bring down the overall quality of the content/standards of journalism.
A lot worse. Rising cadences, almost yelling at the camera etc. Compare it with his style in the early 2000s when it was calm and measured. Terrible.
Similar to Andrew Lofthouse (and also Bruce Paige)on QTQ9. He sounded much better at the ABC prior to 2009. Now he just shouts tabloid stories to the camera. I have to switch radio stations when I hear him shouting out the tabloid stories on the afternoon promos. Unlistenable now! Max Futcher on BTQ7 not much better. Iām over the shouting - just read the story - thatās all you have to do. Brian Henderson or Brian Naylor never shouted!
Blake Johnson and Mike Amor donāt sound much different to me. I donāt mind Peter Mitchell, but thereās no doubt his style has changed, for the worse iād say. Like others, I believe that his presenting style in the early-mid 2000s was much better as he is a little bit shouty now. However, I remember people on the old forum criticising him for being very wooden and boring. Reporter Cassie Zervos is one I find hard to listen to, she is very shouty.
I preferred it when Peter Mitchell presented like this (by the way, I still love that opener):
Credit goes to @Brad for the video.
Friday 20 December-
Matt Carmichael presented sport on Morning News and Sally Bowrey also read the weather forecast.


I really like Mike but he isnāt a great reader, from what Iāve seen of him presenting the national bulletins. He seems to have strange emphasises and inappropriate pauses mid-sentences. I shouldnāt comment on the other newsreaders as I havenāt seen much of them but all of the weather presenters in Melbourne are awful presenters- they read just like Jane!
So that is how they got to number 1- shouting.
In my view, everyone is different. Every presenter and journo are different and thatās great. Similar note, all viewers are also different. They are all people going about doing their daily jobs. I donāt have any issue with any of them. The crux is the contents. Thatās just my opinion.
I understand, respect and agree with that but my point was that some of these presenters presenting styles have changed and its for the worse.
Also, welcome to MS
Mark Ferguson is presenting in Sydney tonight.
Probably because Carols In The Domain is on.
Although I must ask the question again: Whatever happened to Michael Usher solely focusing on presenting Sydney 6pm bulletins while The Latest was on its Summer break?
It wouldnāt be because of the continuing bushfire crisis would it?