10-12/01/2023:
Georgie Chumbley is presenting Queensland’s Afternoon News.
Nice to see other talent gaining experience in presenting. In past summers in Brisbane we’ve seen Joel Dry and Marlina Whop also have a turn at presenting.
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 January -
Blake Johnson presenting news in Melbourne this weekend.
From tomorrow.
16/1/2023 Jodie Speers is back from holidays presenting the Early News.
Joel Dry has made an infrequent return to the 4pm news desk this afternoon.
Also a mention that the “stage” is still clearly present in the weather presentation area.
16/01/2023
Peter Mitchell is back from holidays presenting in Melbourne tonight.
Are all main weeknight presenters back tonight?
Sharyn did updates in Brisbane this afternoon, no idea if she is solo this week though.
Update: Sharyn is solo again.
Is it new that the sport preview is seated? From memory sport was done standing?
Article on TV Blackbox highlighting Adelaide’s Will Goodings and Rosanna Mangiarelli’s debut night as main weeknight presenters https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2023/01/18/impressive-ratings-debut-for-new-presenters-rosanna-mangaiarelli-and-will-goodings/
Sport preview is always seated. Standing throw back at the end of sport.
A great start for 7News Adelaide but we’ll have a clearer picture after AO.
Rebecca Maddern was not on air last week because she was in hospital. Bec told Herald Sun that she had COVID over Christmas, then a secondary chest infection that landed her in a COVID ward for a few days. She only returned to work yesterday.
Emily Angwin former Channel 7 Melbourne Reporter/Presenter has resigned from her job at Al Jazeera TV effective from February. She is moving to the Philippines as a freelancer.
In her insta post Emily said that she had been at Al Jazeera for nearly 2 years