KSLA

KSLA has a great family atmosphere. There is a good mix of people who have been there a while and new people. The work load for MMJ's is very reasonable, typically one story a day. The station has very experience photographers who handle breaking news and vosots for the most part. They are usually available for live shots. The newsroom is organized and communication amongst producers/management and between people in the field was not perfect, but better than your average newsroom. Real journalism and lead stories are preferred here. If you don't want to turn dumb feature stories everyday and want to cover news that matters, this is a good newsroom for that. Investigative journalism is valued by the company, which is a plus. Shreveport is a great news town. Not the best from a resident perspective, but a gold mine for news stories. KSLA has it's problems like every newsroom, but overall, I would recommend working for KSLA.

Sexual Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

The overall toxic environment came from just a few people in the newsroom. The problem is at least two of them were managers and had a major influence on the mood in the building. During the reign of a particular Assistant ND, I dreaded coming to work every single day. There is also a long standing reporter who still works there who is an absolute snake in the grass. He appears to be nice up front but trust me, he has only one person on his mind and that’s himself. He will intentionally cause drama and go out of his way to make your time at work a living hell. He’s been in huge trouble, even being called out in a public press conference by a local sheriff’s office, but somehow still works there.

The people there besides the few I’ve talked about make the station almost a family-like environment. That’s why I selected fun and positive as an option. However, on a day to day basis, while I was there the overall vibe was negative and toxic. I put a lot into that station but ultimately left because hard work and passion is not rewarded by the ND.

Racial Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

News director gave people with only 6 months of experience management positions or special projects. Assistant news director is afraid of confrontation and passes off problems. Producers have zero to no experience. Their current 5 pm producer was fired from the competing station because his writing put the station at risk. The news director fired their digital content manager after 15 loyal years. She helped the station climb to second in the company on social media. And ray on isn't exactly small. Still, she was fired. And replaced by someone with on,y two years of experience. Do not work here...unless you are black. You will be just fine if that is the case.

One reporter has made several ethical violations (including using his work email to set up an account for Ashlee Madison and making factual errors.) He is still there, while people that did excellent work are forced out because the wrong people are rewarded or recognized. Also, when people leave after their contract...you have to have an exit interview with your direct supervisor. Which is against company policy. It should be with Human Resources.