- Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:11 pm
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I've always thought that Dom must have really loved working on the show to stick around doing the same thing for so long, because if he had just been a regular Newsbeat journalist I'm sure he would have moved up the ranks of BBC News long ago. I've been seeing lots of the old presenters from the Newsrounds of my childhood popping up as main ITV and BBC news presenters and reporters recently, and it had actually got me thinking about why Dom was happy to stay at Newsbeat (which to be honest, is a bit rubbish) for what must be at least ten years now, when he could do so much better. But now that he's gone freelance and broken ties with the BBC I'm thinking that perhaps he wants to get away from news journalism altogether and become involved in something a bit more 'showbiz', but I have no idea what exactly that might be apart from the odd voiceover.
And rightly or wrongly, I often feel quite sorry for Dave when reading some of his tweets, which mention trying to get his life in order and keep his head above water. As has been noted on the show, he seems to be working a hell of a lot recently, with hardly any time off even at weekends. I wouldn't like to be in his shoes, and I really hope that he can get one or two main gigs after this which will pay his way, so he can relax a little bit. I know he's only 24, but he's old enough to be needing to slow down a bit.