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J.R. Havens
Terrible
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News Director’s mood is completely erratic. Screams at everyone. Will find any reason to get rid of a reporter even if they drove thousands of miles for the position. Most difficult year of my life, but i wouldn’t have got the position I’m at now, if it weren’t for my experience there.
Anyone willing to work here should tread carefully and have a back-up position. The only good thing about that station is Cliff Naylor.
Read MoreJR Havens
a nightmare
Read MoreSexual Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment
Working at this station was an absolute nightmare - I would tell anyone considering it to run far away, as fast as possible. The environment is extremely toxic. The news director screams and yells in his office on a daily basis, has bizarre meltdowns for seemingly no reason. Sometimes he resorts to throwing things like a 5-year-old. Other members of newsroom management witness these unsettling meltdowns and stay silent. Management is extremely sexist. Belittling and talking down to women in the newsroom. Different standards for different reporters depending on your sex. The news director gives unlimited PTO off the books to certain reporters claiming "well, you work really hard. Put in a few extra hours here." Everyone else is SOL. Male members of other departments within the news station send sexually suggestive messages to members of the newsroom. Very hostile environment to be a woman.
There is absolutely no news here. It is very difficult to make a reel when every story is similar to Breaking News: a coffee shop opens. Public officials have no transparency. Dealing with the police department is impossible - they refuse to give out any sort of information that would reflect poorly on the police department or make people believe- gasp, there night actually be crime in good ol' NoDak.
There rarely are live shots, and if there are, they are not interactive because you are probably going solo. Only have one or two photogs that have worked there for decades and have no idea what they are doing.
Sales is very involved in the newsroom. Any time they get a new client, they force a reporter in the newsroom to do a pkg "feature" on the business that's barely passable as anything other than a commercial.
Newsroom is very disorganized. Newsroom management has absolutely no idea what is going on in the community or what actual news is.
JR Havens
Very negative environment, unorganized, and special treatment for specific people. Never know what side of the bed he is waking up on, has a temper.
Read MoreSexual Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment
Women were not treated the same as men. It was a very negative place to work. People were and still are afraid to say anything about it.
Don’t work there.
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