FOX West Texas

The station is extremely understaffed. I’m a one-man sports department with a so-called “interim sports director” that is also a news anchor and executive producer...this alone explains how understaffed this place is. There hasn’t been a sports department with at least two people for over two years now. That’s being said, I’ll probably be solo the entire time I’m here. I’m only one month in this job and I’m already worn out. I spent the past year and a half at an EXTREMELY toxic station in the same market as a weekend news anchor/reporter with the aspirations of becoming a sports reporter. It took me over a year and 100+ applications later to finally secure a job as a sports reporter. I felt like I went through all that trouble to get in a worse situation. I have no issues with my current co-workers or bosses, it’s just the workload that’s killing me. I’m expected to do a sports package and vosot, shoot game highlights, write articles and anchor the sports blocks during the evening shows every day with no help. I can only stay at games/practices for a short amount of time since I have to hustle back to the station, build the sports blocks and anchor the sports blocks. I can’t handle this. I already had enough stress trying to exit the previous station I was at and now I’m getting my ass kicked at this new one. Hell, I had a personal sports talk podcast I hosted for two years as a hobby and I was told I’m no longer allowed to do it anymore and should focus on my job...I’ve only been in this industry for nearly 2 years and I already hate it. I’m completely out of luck and I feel like I wasted 5 years of college trying to achieve something that doesn’t look like it’s meant for me.