Veteran journalist reflects on six-decade career as he departs Channel Ten
Veteran journalist Hugh Riminton reflects on his six-decade career as he departs Channel Ten. He discusses the evolution of news reporting from manual typewriters to AI-driven technology and shares personal highlights, including his experience covering the 2008 US presidential election.
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It marks the end of a significant era in broadcast journalism, highlighting the rapid technological and cultural shifts in the media landscape over the last 60 years.
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Share A A A For veteran newsman Hugh Riminton, turning up at Channel Ten for his last day of daily reporting on Friday, the emotions were strong – and not just for the creeping finality of it. It was reflecting on the sheer amount of time between his professional curtain rising and now falling – and the change he has seen in a career spanning no fewer than six decades.
No, it was not quite that when he started the curtain cords were steam-driven, while now they’re AI-programmed, but it’s close.
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