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Irish Times
28-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
RTÉ news management seeks to reassure staff over concerns around promotional advert
Management in the RTÉ newsroom have sought to reassure staff over their concerns about an ad being made to promote the State broadcaster's news and current affairs output. It emerged in recent days that some RTÉ staff raised concerns about the use of props such as plants in the footage, and the fact that extras were used in some of the shots. In a circular sent to staff on Wednesday, RTÉ management said that, before the recent filming took place, they had a 'lengthy discussion' with the team making the campaign to ensure it captured 'an authentic picture of the newsroom'. 'The campaign team requested that we either provide several journalists to be available to sit in shot for four to six hours on the day or, if that wasn't possible, that extras could be used. READ MORE 'Given the daily demands on staff in the newsroom, we did not believe it would be possible to free up a significant number of journalists for this length of time to be in the background of a shot.' Management said the campaign team assured them any people in the background 'would be blurred'. 'It was agreed that extras would be used and that when filming was completed we would have an opportunity to view the footage in the edit and that anything we were not comfortable with would not be used.' In the circular to staff, management also noted that 'concerns have been expressed about the placement of some plants in shot'. 'Minor tweaks like placing plants in shot are regularly used by our journalists and producers when filming interviews,' management said. [ Dismay among RTÉ staffers as broadcaster hires actors to play journalists in 'make-believe' ad campaign Opens in new window ] 'As you know, green screens or shots in our regional and foreign studios are used to indicate a reporter's location – these are long-established production techniques. 'If there is a view that this practice needs to cease in the production of news and current affairs content, we are open to discussing that,' management added. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) chapel at RTÉ had written to management in advance of the circular being issued, asking them to pause the production of the ad pending further discussions with staff representatives. Senior RTÉ executives defended the ad when appearing before the Oireachtas media committee on Wednesday. The broadcaster's head of news, Deirdre McCarthy, said there have been 'factual inaccuracies and misinformation, and a lack of context' in media reporting of it. Ms McCarthy said the total cost of the advert was €77,000 plus VAT. Filming has not been completed, she added. RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst told the committee he did not have the figures for how much the extras were paid, but the advert 'cost less than €100,000″ to make. Committee chair Alan Kelly, the Labour TD, said the advert has 'annoyed a lot of people' and the general public thinks it is 'bananas'.
ABC News
26-05-2025
- Science
- ABC News
Ali Moore
Ali Moore is the Drive host on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne. Ali has more than 30 years of experience as a journalist and broadcaster, working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia's Nine Network, and for the BBC's global news network, based in Singapore. She has covered major news and current affairs events across the region, including as the ABC's China Correspondent in Beijing. Ali is a former Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Melbourne, producing and presenting the 'This is Not A Drill' series of hypotheticals with Asialink, the ABC and the Wheeler Centre.
BBC News
07-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Could the India-Pakistan Conflict Escalate?
Today, we're looking at the conflict between India and Pakistan. On Tuesday night, India launched missile strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Adam talks to the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen and Journalist Arunoday Mukharji about what's happening, how Pakistan is reacting, and whether things could get worse. Americast's Justin Webb also joins for a behind-the-scenes look at Joe Biden's first interview since leaving the White House with the person who did it… the Today programme's Nick Robinson. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast'. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Shiler Mahmoudi, Julia Webster, and Kris Jalowiecki. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
