The series 'follows the unlikely bond between a young TV reporter and a "difficult" female newsreader'.
Source: Inside Film (https://www.if.com.au/joanna-werner-michael-lucas-find-drama-in-a-tv-newsroom/) (Sighted: 3/12/2020)
'Like the desks they sit behind, newsreaders have grown in stature as the medium has evolved'
'Actor Sam Reid admits he based his character in the ABC drama The Newsreader on a real Australian journalist, but won't say who.'
'The Newsreader shows an industry, and a country, on the cusp of change'
'The Newsreader shows an industry, and a country, on the cusp of change'
'Ah, 1986: the year of the infamous Challenger explosion, the debut of the Oprah Winfrey Show, and Prime Minister Bob Hawke. This is the world we're dropped into in ABC's new series, The Newsreader.' (Introduction)
'Actor Sam Reid admits he based his character in the ABC drama The Newsreader on a real Australian journalist, but won't say who.'