According to Mediaweek<\/a>, journalist numbers in Newcastle are tipped to drop from 10 to 4 roles, with camera operators reduced from seven to three.<\/p>\nThe sports presenter team, currently comprising two full-time roles, would be eliminated entirely and replaced with a single Journalist \/ Sport position.<\/p>\n
A full-time Hair & Makeup role would drop to part-time.<\/p>\n
Gone altogether are the MEX Operator roles, the part-time Archivist, and the Executive Assistant to the news director.<\/p>\n
A WIN spokesperson told TV Tonight, \u201cA meeting was held with all NBN News staff today to announce a new operating restructure that will enable NBN News to deliver dedicated 30-minute local news, sport and weather bulletins each weeknight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Across the broader WIN network, the plan would also remove around 10 journalist positions and nine camera operator roles across New South Wales and the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n
Coffs Harbour, Lismore, and Central Coast would each lose one journalist. Tamworth drops from three journalists to two. Camera operators in Coffs Harbour would shrink from three to one.<\/p>\n
Port Macquarie and Taree are the only bureaus to emerge with their numbers intact.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the restructure impacts some roles, WIN is prioritising redeployment opportunities across the Network and will conduct the process transparently and collaboratively,\u201d said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe WIN Network has entered a formal consultation period, inviting employee feedback on the proposal by June 15, 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cOut of respect for the consultation process, no further comment will be made at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBN News Newcastle to be hardest hit by changes set to impact regional news positions in NSW and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-729213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}