Can She Become A Serious TV Reporter?; DelConte Moves to CNET

Techcrunch is reporting that Natali DelConte is leaving her "daily technology upload" Textra for the Big Apple and the studios of CNET TV. Natali reported for Techcrunch for 3 tough weeks before leaving for Textra. Mike notes, "It won’t be like TeXtra and a number of other tech news shows (webbalert, Rocketboom, PopSnap, Geekbrief, CommandN, etc.) that she describes as “camera, girl, news.”

We reviewed Natali’s performances in July and while she began slow, I think she become stronger in the position. The concern I have is whether she can become a "serious" news/tech video journalist. She has a strong "fun" character and if that is removed at CNET, I am not sure how successful she will/can be. I look forward to welcoming Natali to NYC and to see what she can do with a larger budget and on the east coast. There’s plenty to cover here! I could see her tag-teaming with NYC journalist Caroline McCarthy.

I can only imagine that Amanda must be a bit annoyed now as I have to assume she would like to work with CNET as well – though she moved to LA last year. :)