The shock redundancy of Andrew Probyn has put a spotlight on the quiet revolution under way at the ABC to move away from traditional broadcasting on television and radio.
For many the idea that “the national broadcaster no longer needs a political editor” dedicated to TV news is absurd. But to management, who have seen the audience trends, the days of a senior journalist concentrating on filing for one 7pm bulletin is “old fashioned” and a luxury it can’t afford. Probyn and 40 other staff in the news division have been made redundant in a major restructure along digital lines.
