WIN reveals ACA Adelaide team
24yo Kate Collins will become host of Adelaide's localised A Current Affair.
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WIN Television has announced Kate Collins as the host of its Adelaide edition of A Current Affair, along with reporters Chris Kenny and Kelly Clappis.
NWS9 news director Tony Agars said viewers would be able to tune into the new-look ACA later this year.
“When everything is right, when it’s all coming together and we’re very confident we’re going to do this properly, then we’ll push the go button,” Mr Agars told The Advertiser this week.
He revealed WIN had injected about $3 million into the launch of the SA version, including a control room and studio refit.
Seven has had local versions of Today Tonight in Adelaide and Perth for some time.
“Today Tonight are good at what they do but in this market, they have had it their own way for a while. ACA is a top-rating national program,” Agars said.
Executive producer Lesley Johns said the local team would be working to forge a point of difference.
“We’re going to do things differently, properly, accurately and follow the proper journalistic code of ethics as we go about our business,” she said.
24yo Kate Collins takes up the role declined by former TT presenter Leigh McClusky.
Collins said her modest experience shouldn’t deter viewers.
“It (age) is a simple thing to focus on,” she said. “But I was chucked in the deep end on my first day (in news) . . . it was sink or swim and I swam. I’ve covered so many different stories in my time with Nine, I really feel like I’m ready and I have a fantastic team behind me.”
Source: news.com.au
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We here in Clinical Genetics were disappointed that we missed last night’s showing of ACA. One of our geneticists, Dr Elizabeth Thompson, spoke about osteogenesis imperfecta on the program and we were under the impression that this episode of ACA would be aired on 3rd November. We all missed it, including Dr T who is in the UK at a conference. Is there some other way we could see this episode please?
I have worked with Kate and she is incredibly professional and capable. Good luck to her. Out of all the journos at NWS9, she was the obvious pick.
What a Joke!
“ACA is a top-rating national program” – um when? 1990? ‘Willisee’ was also a top rater.
Now that both Channel 9 and Channel 7 in Adelaide have their full hour of ‘local’ content, isn’t it time we see Channel 10 make the move back here?
“ACA is a top-rating national program,” Agars said.
HAH! That’s a good one! When was the last time it managed to win nationally?
“We’re going to do things differently, properly, accurately and follow the proper journalistic code of ethics as we go about our business,” she said.
Really, who are they kidding?
Yeah, cause you need that much journalistic experience to read a story intro about dodgy builders from an autocue. Please. She’ll be fine.
Correction, she finished her post-grad in 2005, and post-grad in 2006, giving her <2 years experience. O’rly WIN?
Hmm 24 does seem a bit young to front a “proper” investigative journalism show (after all, she did only graduate Uni at the end of 2005, according to the googles). But since this show will most likely only require her to read a Teleprompter, I’m sure she’ll do fine.
It’s a shame, I thought she had a future presenting real news. Now here credability is about to go out the window hosting this trash.