New Exec Producer for 7:30
ABC1 has appointed a new Executive Producer for 7.30 following the departure of Michael Carey last month.
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ABC1 has appointed Sally Neighbour as its new Executive Producer for 7.30.
It follows the departure of Michael Carey earlier last month.
Neighbour’s CV has over 30 years experience including reporting for Four Corners from 1996 to 2009 plus The 7.30 Report, Lateline, Foreign Correspondent and ABC News. She has been a Walkley finalist 15 times and has won three Walkley awards and written for The Australian and The Monthly magazine.
Director of ABC News, Kate Torney said, “We are delighted to appoint Sally to the 7.30 Executive Producer position. She is one of Australia’s finest journalists, with an unparalleled reputation for breaking stories and excellent investigative reporting. Her leadership and her passion will be a huge asset to the 7.30 team. ”
Neighbour added, “I am thrilled at this opportunity to be at the helm of ABC TV’s flagship nightly current affairs program and look forward to an exciting year for 7.30.”
Ratings for the show slipped after the departure of host Kerry O’Brien. ABC1 Channel Controller Brendan Dahill recently told TV Tonight, audience shifts were not surprising.
“After Kerry was at the helm for so long you have to try new things, but they don’t always work. But I absolutely applaud the team for trying to find a way of recreating the show. I think in the second half of last year it was a cracking show. I think they tried some things in the first half of the year that didn’t work, but equally people would have thrown rocks at them if they hadn’t tried new things,” he said.
Neighbour begins with 7:30 on Monday 27th February.
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3 Responses
Great, sound like she will be balanced, with no political history or axes to grind.
Cool, sounds like she has great experience. Its a great show and they just have to keep doing what they do, which is making the best prime-time current affairs show on TV.
Good for Sally and the 7.30 show. Wonder if she will lean toward more international stories or not.
7.30 and its various eras has always suffered from the often odd combo of reactive political items/interviews with the shelf stories plucked that have production values and more social or human interest qualities.