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News Presenters

News presenters answer listeners' questions about what they do and why they do it

Questions for news presenters: one listener is worried that presenter Lyse Doucet is being over-worked. She thanks him for his concern but says journalism has been described as 'not a profession it is a lifestyle' and she can't resist the work.
Is there a hierarchy of News programmes with Europe Today lower down the pecking order than Newshour? Presenter Audrey Carville responds.
How ego-driven are news presenters? Julian Marshall replies
Also: science presenters' style, anodyne descriptions on the Instant Guide to Idi Amin and Harry Potter plot spoilers on Newshour.

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project