Media Insider: Katie Bradford resigns from TVNZ as 1News business correspondent
Katie Bradford’s resignation leaves a hole in TVNZ’s business coverage and follows a series of newsroom cuts.
One of TVNZ’s most experienced journalists has resigned.
1News business correspondent Katie Bradford – who has been with the state broadcaster for more than a decade – is the latest of several well-known journalists to depart TVNZ.
Bradford, who is heading to a corporate role with Infrastructure New Zealand, referred comment to her employer.
In the recent explosion of news, this one passed by without comment and I want to rectify that.
Katie leaving TVNZ is a huge blow to our state journalism, her versatility, intelligence and ability to explain complex things to a TV audience mark her as one of the best TVNZ had.
Her leaving is another blow to our media and further damage to our journalism crisis.
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I’d have to agree. I always had a lot of time for her.
Same
Never heard of her. Is there a funeral date for TVNZ?
Fuck off you anus
You’re a moron
At least Derek is honest and tells the truth
Nope. There will be a merger with RNZ under the next grown-up (i.e. Labour-led) government and it will be commercial-free public broadcasting of a high standard paid for by new taxes levied on you (perhaps solely on you, who knows) and it will be absolutely great, possibly the greatest ever, we’ll see what happens, but I think it will be great, and it will create so much freedom of speech, freedom of speech like you’ve never seen before, so great. Katie will be there, isn’t she fabulous, stand up Katie, applaud Katie everyone, and the new government will do more in 3 hours than the crazy radical right have done in 3 years so that it will be greatest economy of all time, so great that nobody will be able to imagine it but say “wow, how did that happen?” It’s going to happen folks, truly it is. Make Aotearoa great again. Sincerely.
It is sad to see her leave although I wish her the best in the future. In various situations I often thought “what would her mother say” although Katie managed to present an unbiased approach.
Yes Bonnie I wondered that on many times as well but have always been impressed with her neutrality .Simon Dallow on the other hand cant hide his right wing bias and should step down as he is now in the oxygen thief brigade who thinks the world revolves around him .
The main anchors are both dense as posts mostly.
I wonder if it is not on purpose. TV news, editorially, has always been vile since ’84 when I started to take note. RNZ’s independence marched on to the norts.
Radicalized by’84, I commented to Ma then TV News was for children.
We’ve never had a strong independent TV news. I suppose John Campbell — we knew his politics. I don’t think the powers that be in our one horse country would allow that pulpit to be occupied by independent intellect.
100% Bonnie. I’d think the same thing, and always be impressed with how unbiased she was. I think she was completely professional.
She will not be missed, one of the more biased (amongst many) lefty reporters NZ is infested with, hopefully the just the start of the cull.
what a load of right wing hate.She is only pissing you off because she presents the facts and noy always what you want to hear .
I usually agree with your views but I think she is fair in her reporting and gives a good summary of the facts .
No way. If you think she was left wing then that’s just your bias speaking.
“..start of the cull”
Ah – another right winger ‘passionate’ about ‘freedom of speech’.
Tighty im not righty has a naked poster of Mike Hosking on his wall. Females aren’t his, thing left or right.
Katie is a first rate professional, highly intelligent, reports and presents in a totally unbiased manner. Anyone who has a differing opinion must be confusing Katie with Maiki Sherman who is either openly biased or just a third rate journalist.
Sue’s little bubba Ji is a standout star alright.
But I wouldn’t worry too much @ Martyn. RNZ Refugee Radio National will find a place for her if things get too tuff. With a bit of luck she could displace one or two slots in upper management
She is the best communicator on TVNZ – a star, a huge loss.