Dobson questions role of anchor in changing media

RTÉ presenter Bryan Dobson has questioned if the role of news anchor will exist in rapidly changing news environments.

Dobson questions role of anchor in changing media

Speaking on his first day of master classes as Adjunct Professor in Public Service Broadcasting at the University of Limerick, the newsreader said there will always be a demand for news, but the platform on which it is delivered is evolving rapidly.

“It is not so much the nature of the change that has taken me by surprise, it’s the speed of it. The speed at which, newspapers in particular, are migrating their activities online, and I can only see that accelerating.

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