Up to 20 jobs in TV news and current affairs are set to go at Channel 9 in the first sweep of redundancies to hit the network.

The TV news division employs about 800 people nationwide, with Sydney and Canberra newsrooms, foreign bureaus and the Today show to be hit first, The Daily Telegraph reports.

The newspaper obtained an email from Nine executive director of news and current affairs Fiona Dear that was sent to staff on Thursday warning more cuts were coming.

Staff were told the network had been investing in its Future News project with new technology, training and equipment, and all roles across its news and current affairs division would become more streamlined and multiskilled.

“This represents the largest investment in Nine news and current affairs in decades, with new technology, systems and workflows revolutionising the way we produce and deliver news,” Ms Dear said.

“We’ve said from the beginning that this will touch all roles in some way, shape or form.

“This isn’t about doing the same work with fewer people to save money; it’s about acknowledging that the work itself is changing across our industry and we must adapt to survive and thrive.”