Joe O'Brien
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Senior/Deputy Editor, @BBCNews channel | Loves: art, tech, breaking news, design, details, New York, Bristol | Previously in charge @SkyNews UK newsdesk 🇮🇪
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Personal news ⚡️ I’ve been promoted to Senior News Editor
@SkyNews
. Really proud to lead our daily UK & Ireland newsgathering efforts with the best team in breaking news. And we’ll try to help you make sense of it all. Start next week. Let’s go.
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⚡️ Five incredible years at Sky News end today. I’m very happy to be joining
@BBCNews
as a 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙀𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧, 𝘽𝘽𝘾 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡. Non-stop, live and breaking news is what I do and I can’t wait to get started ◻️◻️◻️
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We’ve been refreshing with the BBC’s news channel 🧵 A complex project over many months that
@paulroyall
asked me to lead editorially. A lot of great people doing great things across the business - a challenge. But we’ve got loads done …
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Norwegian Police Directorate issues a national order for officers to be temporarily armed following the incident in Kongsberg
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The
#RhodesMustFall
protest in Oxford has begun. Organisers want the Cecil Rhodes statue on
@OrielOxford
taken down. Those gathered are shouting “d-d-d-decolonise”
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As the funeral of
#GeorgeFloyd
takes place in Houston, Texas, the
#RhodesMustFall
protest here in Oxford erupts into applause after an 8 minute and 46 second silence
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Anti lockdown and anti vaccine passport protest reaches west London’s Westfield shopping centre
#antilockdownprotest
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Hugely thankful for amazing teams at London Ambulance, Met Police and West Middlesex ED after a Land Rover crashed into my Uber early this morning and drove off. I am fine. VERY sore head, neck and back but fine 🤕
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I enjoyed the Sky News Christmas party so much last night I ‘mislaid’ my phone. Luckily it was in the safe hands of my colleagues ...
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Very excited to be joining the best team in breaking news from Monday as a Deputy News Editor
@SkyNews
(👇 me guest-booking on work exp six years ago!)
#LifeAtSky
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@markgurman
Nah that’s ideal. Reason why I don’t wirelessly charge now: can’t use the phone and charge at the same time.
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And finally I thought I’d share my amazing leaving card because frankly it’s the best thing
@nmsonline
has produced in a long time x
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Studio E is now the (old) new home of the BBC’s non stop news channel - at the heart of the largest newsroom in Europe.
🆕 Touchscreen, tower screen and floor paint touch up plus new camera software. We’re getting settled back in.
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BRISTOL POST
@BristolLive
: We didn’t change history, we rectified it
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#SkyPapers
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Big work in Gallery E - turbocharging a new vision mixer, driven by all-new automation. That means: future proofing, smart boxes, swooshy split screens, sharper pushbacks. And screen control makes studio and newsroom branding bolder
@chrisckmedia
@OpsBBC
@TvMorag
+ team
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Amy Winehouse’s music is heard across Camden, north London this lunchtime as the late singer is honored with a stone on Music Walk of Fame
@MusicWalkofFame
@SkyNews
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BREAKING Met Police says it won't investigate allegations of a party at Downing Street due to an "absence of evidence" and a force policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of coronavirus regulations
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A TV news world first coming up live on Sky
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The newsroom camera is back 👀Programme brands on every screen plus a sweep of the newsroom to BBC Verify 🟢🔵
@GuyStock
@MeeraThavasothy
+ teams
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I may well be in charge of home newsgathering
@SkyNews
today but I have just realised I've put my pants on the wrong way round 🤪
#LockdownLife
#HelloNewsdesk
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Last minute dash from London and I made it for sunset cocktails 🥃tonight🥰 It was 24 degrees here today. Lush.
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Christmas Day, Boxing Day and today running the home desk
@SkyNews
... now Christmas break begins. Starring with an
@EspensenSpirit
negroni 😋 Happy Christmas 🎄
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Powerful Monday front page from
@BristolLive
depicting ‘Colston��s Fall’ leading
#SkyPapers
on
@SkyNews
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Senior News Editor: "has anyone got any scissors, I'm going to make this England hat in the newspaper"
@OHnewsroom
#HelloNewsdesk
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In Glasgow (not working) and bump into the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay as they officially reopen
@atthewillow
following a £10m restoration project
@ClarenceHouse
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From my colleague
@JasonFarrellSky
Protesters in Oxford sit in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to remember the length of time George Floyd had pressure applied to his neck.
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“Live from Singapore, this is BBC News” We’ve refreshed Newsday, our Asia-market brand and aligned the look with the rest of the output.
@stevelai
@BBCNewsAsia
+ team
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@chiomabayo
Hi, Joe from Sky . Merry Christmas. Please we use your pictures on Sky News? Thank you.
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After 2+ years
@madeinbristoltv
I’m delighted to be joining
@celadorradio
Radio later this month as Content Controller for the South West
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#TheQuiz
has been just brilliant. 3 nights of watching a TV programme as it aired - unheard of! So nice to talk to friends about it, rather than the virus. Thank you,
@mrJamesGraham
@ITV
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📈Business Today is our new global business brand across London, New York and Singapore.
@SallyBundockBBC
@BenThompsonTV
@BizFleury
@stevelai
+ teams
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🔴 NOW: Europe Votes 2024 on
@BBCNews
live from Brussels 🇪🇺 Anchored by
@CFraserBBC
. Sharp analysis from
@NinaDRDS
@NicholasVinocur
+ the BBC’s unrivaled team of correspondents led by Europe Editor
@BBCkatyaadler
. Produced by
@ellynduncan_
+ team in London
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As the former producer, tomorrow I join
@edpalmeruk
@paristroyheart
@planetpaulina
and producer
@JayDormer
in the studio the final Heart Breakfast broadcast from One Passage Street, Bristol. A privilege then, and now x
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In the next two weeks
Election ❎
Move house 🏠
Christmas party 💃
*pass the gin 🍸🍸🍸
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Early discussions have taken place between me and professionals about maybe giving a moustache a go. There will be no further comment at this time.
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The moment
@georgeedpainter
says to
@KayBurley
“holy f*ck” after winning IRN News Team of the Year, TSA 1m+ at
#IRNAwards
💙
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Having a few days away from the Sky newsroom to join the team in delivering the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta... so my tweets will be less newsy but more beautiful
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NEWS ALERT 🚨 Irish Prime Minister Taoiseach
@MichealMartinTD
is expected to announce further Covid restrictions at 6pm. New measures likely include an 8pm curfew for pubs and restaurants
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2225 and a colleague has just come over to me. “Are you OK? It’s just that every time I’ve seen you in the last 24 hours you’ve been eating”, he says.
I did not reply.
#HelloNewsdesk
#BrexitElection
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Here we go... I’m co-ordinating our Sky News
#Vote2019
teams across the UK tonight... my co-pilot is
@lrhudson10
👊 We have comms 🎧, we have snacks 🍒 Enjoy the show
#EUelections2019
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It was an absolute privilege to play a (tiny) part in producing the Queen's Christmas broadcast this year as part of the Sky News team.
Happy Christmas x
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@shillcock_paul
A protest against lockdown, masks and vaccines. With a bit of BBC hating and free Assange throw in for good measure from what I witnessed
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A big day for
@adamplevy
@SumiSomaskanda
and the BBC News channel team in Washington. Lots of hard work
@OpsBBC
under the hood. Looking good “Live from Washington”
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Anyway. That brings an end to these updates from me… I was only here having some lunch in the sun and now the film has been cancelled. So… PUB. Enjoy your weekends. x
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The BBC is building a flexible news channel for the future. I’ll be part of the management team led by
@paulroyall
that’s creating, innovating and running BBC News - the UK & world news stream always live from London, Washington or Singapore.
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“And now you’re up to date” - the end of an era today as
@georgeedpainter
spends his final day
@global
after 15+ years (inc GWR, GCap). A incredible broadcaster, wise counsellor, hilarious colleague but most importantly a great friend. x
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More on the automation and the great team from
@TVMorag
Thanks always to the very clever members of the BBC Studio Automation team who make 700+ hours of BBC output work every week -
@njb
@MarcusMcNulty
@Uncanny_Harry
@minimeinir
and AndyD, and to you
@chrisckmedia
+ everyone at
@OpsBBC
for bringing this so smoothly across the line.
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Tonight I called someone (who I vaguely know) out for being in a pub and getting on it. Their reply was: why would they care about my option when “I’d achieved very little in my life”. Then blocked me.
#Covid19
#StaySafeStayHome
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RTS News Channel of the Year 💃
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Review confirms that those of Bangladeshi ethnicity had around twice the risk of death than people of white British ethnicity. Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, other Asian, Caribbean and black ethnicity had between 10% and 50% higher risk of death
#covid19
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I just played the The Imperial March very loudly across Ashton Court as this took off just now... what did you do at work today?!
He’s coming
#Bristol
! He’s flying over his home city for the very first time! We felt the force & thank you for making this happen!
#DarthVader
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Fantastic to welcome
@NinaDRDS
onto
@BBCNews
with
@CFraserBBC
tonight for the first time. Expert guest analysis alongside our
@bbclysedoucet
on the breaking news from Slovakia
#TheContext
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Westfield staff has just told me that all stores in Westfield London shopping centre are closing early. Doors are closing and diners are being told to leave soon
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Haven’t had booze in 7.5 weeks. And I’ve just ‘done’ the garden. Regular, drunk, hungover me will be back soon
#LifeInLockdown
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.
@SkyCorporate
commits £30m to support the fight against racial injustice and invest more in diversity and inclusion
#blacklivesmatter
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Sky’s bossing it in
#Ireland
with live coverage from 8am -
@KayBurley
live at Dublin Castle with
@skydavidblevins
. Then reaction and analysis as the results come in from
@BethRigby
@DMcCaffreySKY
🇮🇪
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Met police public order officers at Westfield London shopping centre a short time ago
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Thank you to the
@SkyNews
bosses who took a risk and hired me! And to my amazing colleagues: I will miss you all so, so much. Keep having fun. Keep kicking ass. Keep in touch.
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“Eurovision is all about breaking the rules” -
@ozdale
@aussievisionnet
*BBC News DC team, hold my cocktail* -
@adamplevy
@helenachumphrey
🪩🪩🪩
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Live from London this is BBC News …
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Tonight US transportation secretary
@PeteButtigieg
told
@SumiSomaskanda
@BBCNews
that the government was "putting Boeing under a microscope" over plane body defects
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NEWS since 8pm
⭕️ Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken to hospital with
#Covid19
⭕️ The Queen has addressed the nation for only the fifth time during her reign
⭕️ Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer has resigned after she ignored her own ‘stay home’ advice
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.
@Mattbourne1
's Sleeping Beauty is beautiful. First ballet I've ever seen, was ace ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@New_Adventures
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I’m incredibly lucky to count
@chrisckmedia
as one of my great friends 😂 and today he celebrates a big birthday 🎂 We’ve worked hard together 📺 and partied even harder together 🍸🍹🍾 I’m always grateful for his laugh, love and support… and gin ! Happy birthday m’love xx
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Never again do I want to be in the shower whilst also listening to the Liaison Committee
#HelloNewsdesk
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1607 and after 7 hours asleep I’m heading back into work and unfortunately have a cab driver who is *very* into discussing the
#BrexitElection
result
#HelloNewsdesk
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Been loudly singing ‘My Country ‘tis of Thee’ round Waitrose just now as if I myself have won the Presidency. Gins may have been purchased.
#Election2020
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Just bought a hedge trimmer. I can already imagine the opening lines to “Michael Burke’s 999” … “went into the garden to find harmony with nature amid a global pandemic … but instead horror unfolded” **tick tick tick tick, sirens sirens**
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