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Ex-ITV News Reporter Quits BBC After Five Months

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Penny Marshall, a senior ITV News reporter who quit for the BBC five months ago,is returning to ITV after complaining about the male-dominated newsroom. She was one of several ITV staff who created controversy by being appointed without going through the BBC's usual ''board'' or interview system.


http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/05/penny-marshall-itv-bbc

Come to think of it we haven't heard much from Lucy Manning either.

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    Mark CMark C Posts: 20,917
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    ftv wrote: »
    Come to think of it we haven't heard much from Lucy Manning either.

    I've seen several reports from her on BBC News the last few weeks
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    PencilPencil Posts: 5,700
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    If I quit a new job and said it was dominated by women, 'created largely by women, largely for women', I would be called a sexist.

    Not every area of the working world is 50/50 male/female.
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    ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    I don't think I've seen a single report from Penny Marshall in the five months she's been at the BBC (but then I don't watch every news programme). You only have to look behind the newsreaders and there are plenty of women working in BBC newsrooms as well as female executives.
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    Mark CMark C Posts: 20,917
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    ftv wrote: »
    I don't think I've seen a single report from Penny Marshall in the five months she's been at the BBC (but then I don't watch every news programme).

    But as the article you linked to explains, she's been undergoing cancer treatment
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    D.M.N.D.M.N. Posts: 34,172
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    ftv wrote: »
    I don't think I've seen a single report from Penny Marshall in the five months she's been at the BBC (but then I don't watch every news programme).

    If you read the article that you linked to, you'll know why: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/05/penny-marshall-itv-bbc

    "She has been having treatment for cancer."
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    ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    D.M.N. wrote: »
    If you read the article that you linked to, you'll know why: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/05/penny-marshall-itv-bbc

    "She has been having treatment for cancer."

    I realise that but my attention was drawn to her remarks about male newsrooms. Perhaps that doesn't apply in ITV.Sounds like it was a career move she now regrets.
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    lundavralundavra Posts: 31,790
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    ftv wrote: »
    I realise that but my attention was drawn to her remarks about male newsrooms. Perhaps that doesn't apply in ITV.Sounds like it was a career move she now regrets.

    If she only discovered that she had the medical condition after the move then she might prefer to be back amongst people she has been working with for years.
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    realwalesrealwales Posts: 3,110
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    There might be another reason for her decision. I know from my own experience of freelancing for the BBC that there is a complex, overmanaged working environment there. You often never really know who you answer to, and nobody ever says 'this is what we're going to do'.

    Things are far simpler at ITN, where you know who your editor is, and you're given clear direction. She hints in the article that she prefers this sort of working environment. Having spent time at both organisations, I can understand the appeal of ITN. Peter Sissons made similar comments in his autobiography. I got the impression that he was far happier at ITN.
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    ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    realwales wrote: »
    There might be another reason for her decision. I know from my own experience of freelancing for the BBC that there is a complex, overmanaged working environment there. You often never really know who you answer to, and nobody ever says 'this is what we're going to do'.

    Things are far simpler at ITN, where you know who your editor is, and you're given clear direction. She hints in the article that she prefers this sort of working environment. Having spent time at both organisations, I can understand the appeal of ITN. Peter Sissons made similar comments in his autobiography. I got the impression that he was far happier at ITN.

    So why move to the BBC ?
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    realwalesrealwales Posts: 3,110
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    ftv wrote: »
    So why move to the BBC ?

    My guess is she had a brief taster of what life was like at the BBC either before or during her period of illness and decided it wasn't for her.
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    ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    realwales wrote: »
    My guess is she had a brief taster of what life was like at the BBC either before or during her period of illness and decided it wasn't for her.

    From her remarks in The Guardian it sounds as if she simply preferred the people she worked with at ITV.
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    Mark CMark C Posts: 20,917
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    ftv wrote: »
    From her remarks in The Guardian it sounds as if she simply preferred the people she worked with at ITV.

    I've done installation work at ITN, it's a nice, well run, friendly, and 'tight ship'.

    I can well understand that compared with the Beeb, people feel more comfortable there.
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    She had been with ITN for years, sometimes the grass isn't always greener and she has realised her mistake. Also illness changes a persons view on life, she clearly wants to be back amongst friends.
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    zak_gzak_g Posts: 427
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    Someone I know worked at the BBC for 5 months and is now back at ITV, cuts, they can just drop you like that, so a good choice here!
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    realwalesrealwales Posts: 3,110
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    ftv wrote: »
    From her remarks in The Guardian it sounds as if she simply preferred the people she worked with at ITV.

    I was basing my comments on reading between the lines of her remarks a little, and including my own experiences of both organisations as well as that of others.

    Let me be frank, I'd rather work for ITN than the BBC if I was still working in news too!
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    i4ui4u Posts: 55,007
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    realwales wrote: »
    I was basing my comments on reading between the lines of her remarks a little, and including my own experiences of both organisations as well as that of others.

    Let me be frank, I'd rather work for ITN than the BBC if I was still working in news too!

    Let's be frank she'd rather be a big fish in a small pond. :)
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    realwalesrealwales Posts: 3,110
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    i4u wrote: »
    Let's be frank she'd rather be a big fish in a small pond. :)

    Jon Snow, who I'm not a fan of, used those exact words about himself recently!
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    ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/29952029
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    lundavralundavra Posts: 31,790
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    ftv wrote: »
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/29952029

    I notice it says the move was health related which is what I suspected.
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