Do we really need people questioning someone’s credentials?
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The post I was replying to was questioning whether she should be reporting, I was showing that she certainly is a reporter with the network.
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Wasn’t sure exactly where to put this, but it was great to see two ex-10 News presenters together on screen on Seven’s Afternoon News to discuss the passing of John Laws.
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Tim Webster looks very unwell though…
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He’s had some major health issues over the past 20 years I believe, initially unnoticed by the average viewer in his final full time years at Ten in the late 2000s, including a throat condition and subsequent cancer battles, which have also aged him rapidly. He was still part time or filling-in up until 2012 IIRC.
Has since been doing radio.
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Seven could do worse than throwing Amber Sherlock a lifeline and picking her up for Sydney weather.
Having her in the role five nights a week would be better than the current hybrid arrangement with Angie Asimus juggling it with weekend news.
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And Angie can take over 4PM once Ann retires.
But will they accept sub $100k wages now? They will be taking haircuts wherever they go but many struggle to accept that.
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Would be similar to what happened at HSV and BTQ earlier this century when Seven picked up a discarded weather presenter from Nine (Rob Gell in 2004 and John Schluter in 2007 respectively).
Though I don’t think Amber will “return” to Seven (in fact, she began her career there before moving to Ten for the Sydney Olympics, if Wikipedia is to be trusted).
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Moving from 7 to 10 for the Sydney Olympics feels like a silly move on her part.
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I’m sure Seven will be cutting back too, not hiring more staff for smaller roles. This is the way of the future. You’ll be seeing on-air personalities in more roles for the same salary.
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Not entirely relevant, but personally went right off her back about 9 years ago following ‘jacket gate’ and did her no favours, can’t imagine Seven’s HR director would think so either.
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Why do they even need a weather presenter? They’re not meteorologists, they just stand there and point at the map. The newsreaders could easily read out the forecast themselves if networks wanted to cut costs.
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This is what I think Aussie media is slowly waking up to.
The BBC has one presenter filling at least 4-hour on air presenting blocks of live news around the world, rolling their own autocue etc.
The golden era local tv high salary Rick and Sue type format is still here but also, long gone.
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That’s the BBC News channel though.
BBC News at 6 and News at 10 are not a rolling news channel broadcast.
do they regularly have the same presenter though? or at least occasionally.
Sometimes, though it depends on the day. There’s a pool of about five presenters who work across the two bulletins.
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Yes of course, not suggesting they are in the same kettle being a public broadcaster or BBC’s operations are consistent, just goes to show it can be done relatively cheap(er)(ly)
seems very luck of the draw
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Friday November 14, 2025: Chris Reason reading Sydney’s 4pm news today
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