Producers and reporters don’t get feedback or tips on how to improve. The anchors constantly talk about reporters and producers behind their backs in the newsroom. It is also insane how unorganized it is, and the errors and mis-planning of management always fall on the little guys. “The amount of favoritism at this station is incredible (the news director is married to the chief meteorologist if that tells you anything). While working for KKTV this person experienced: “Lauri is rarely around, and when she was there, she was too scattered to be actually present.” “New reporters should really stay away from this station.” This person describes the overall newsroom environment as: If you’re new to this industry– stay away from this newsroom!” I ultimately broke my contract to get out of there because this is a station that will not provide you the resources to succeed, operates in chaos, and shows no leadership in management so no solutions to your problem regarding other staff or your career will be provided, Overall, he contributes to the toxicity of the newsroom. Jason Powles is not a great person to work with and is known for having the most critiques but doing the least amount of work. Weekends in any newsroom are usually short-staffed, but for the evening news, I only had a photographer for 8 hours, leaving me to pick and choose what events I could cover without missing out on breaking news.Īs a reporter, you will always have to choose between quality and content.ĭue to there not being a news director, and a bare-bones newsroom there is always a lack of planning and a lot of micromanaging. There were times when I was writing and posting digital content, turning packages while producing and anchoring, and handling breaking news (buffalo shooting) without the assistance or help of any other staff. I doubled as a weekend anchor/reporter/ producer but my job entailed more. The newsroom is dangerously short-staffed and although the pandemic did shift the way a newsroom functions, WKTV had always been running on fumes even before the pandemic according to staff that had been there for 10+ years. “At the start of my term, WKTV had a news director who soon quit due to the hostility of a seasoned anchor and a general manager who was more reactive than proactive. While working for WKTV this person experienced:
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