“The television station stress level must be released…and soon,” he writes. “At all levels. Because trust me, some newsrooms are at a breaking point.”
Accurate. A must-read 👇
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Most college students after graduation: fellowships, peace Corp missions, big cities and foreign countries.
Broadcast students: the small markets and rural towns of America.
I’m waiting for @hallmarkchannel to make the Hallmark movie about a weekend sports anchor who has to work on Christmas but ends up finding love and hopefully a better job.
Difference between sports and news:
30 min to show — “hey that reporter pkg is still missing…”
Producer: “kill it.”
90 seconds to sports block — “the whole sportscast isn’t edited.”
Producer: it’ll make air.
“What do you do?”
So like, I’m a sports anchor. And a reporter. Plus I write, edit and produce.
I’m also in charge of booking interviews, shooting video, designing graphics.
I’m also a hair stylist, makeup artist, social media director and marketing manager.
How about you?
Time for your GameDay injury report for Friday Night Football:
Blue Camera - OUT (Zoom doesn’t work)
Red Camera - OUT (Broken Back Focus)
Orange Camera - QUESTIONABLE (light missing)
Green Camera - DOUBTFUL (shotgun mic missing)
Yellow Camera - HEALTHY
Now about the cars...
One sports anchor told me she really needed the overtime from covering postseason basketball to make ends meet. The impact goes further than you think.