KETK

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Once the station started to be remodeled it became super toxic. Staff speaking negatively about each other (reporters mocking other on-air talent). People seem mad 24/7. Ed is still new to the station, he replaced the previous ND who is still at the station b/c he's the main anchor also. On-air talent shoot & edit their own packages but would have a photog for live shots. Managers took that away so reporters now do their own live shots, which took away from creativity & the quality is bad because people are rushing to get things done. People seem to dislike the assistant news director the most, staff talks about not liking him daily. It's also the least diverse station in the market for on-air talent. It was known as the more conservative station under the old ND, but Ed seems to changing it to be more fair.

Invest in employees by paying them better, since the work load increased. Take the time to train the few photogs that are left (managers wouldn't trust certain ones with assignments, because they felt they skills weren't good enough) . The station's new set is amazing but it takes more than that to keep employees wanting to work there.