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Review of News Director
Pretty good. They do a lot of clever things which is nice. There's an emphasis on being clever and creative. The ND and especially the Assistant News Director drive the place. For the 11pm the anchor calls a lot of the shots. Beware it's clicky and hyper local. Not many people are from outside the DMA, which is a strength I guess. But at the same time, it means few people have relevant experience from another station or market. It's kind of collegiate. I'd suggest interviewing in person and getting to know some people while in the newsroom. If you are from the area and have big market experience in an entry level role, and accept a position here, you could do very very well.
As a market it seemed a bit expensive, hold out for a bit more money.
Additional comments
Very young, liberal, idealistic, and local. Fairly smart. Not all that "competitive or driven". Grass roots and organized via consensus.
News Director
Ana Lastra
Review of News Director
The news director was new and bent over backwards to coddle entitled Gen Z kids, leaving the few experienced journalists in the room to pick up the slack. She removed quality assignment editors, managers and producers from their positions. Do not trust this News Director for one second. She will switch up on you and throw you under the bus in a heartbeat.
While working here, this person experienced
Sexual Discrimination, Racial Discrimination
The entire 4 person senior leadership in the newsroom were all women. Only allowed men to be what equalled senior producers. I would rather not go into her lack of protection of POC even tho she is a person of color.
Additional comments
This station goes from one priority to the next, acting like a 4th place station that doesn't know its identity. Their investment in Gen Z ruined the place, and lowered the overall quality of the product.
Review of News Director
The newsroom is full of talented, hard working journalist. Everyone works very hard to bring the best stories possible to air, there's no sense of just phoning it in or slapping it together. Nashville has got to be one of the strongest, most competitive markets in the 20's. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the reporters I worked with. Really good writing; the best pieces on my reel were shot at WSMV.