ABC radio staff slam ‘odd’ decision to rebroadcast TV coverage of plane crash

ABC News Radio journalists have criticised a decision from ABC management to take their broadcast off the airwaves during last week’s Essendon plane crash, and instead play the audio feed of TV’s ABC News 24.

Reports of the discontent originally appeared in The Guardian, which claimed “confused and infuriated” journalists had sent a letter to the ABC’s director of news Gaven Morris, raising their concerns and contending the switch was problematic from a listeners’ perspective due to the distinct lack of images on radio. Sources spoken to by Mumbrella in subsequent days have reiterated the concerns.

ABC News Radio journalists and employees however, have contended it set a dangerous precedent for the radio broadcaster and demonstrated management’s misunderstanding of the differences between television and radio news.

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