Station's Ratings
News Dirctors
An Overall Toxic Work Environment
Avoid Avoid Avoid. There's a reason many folks don't renew their contracts.
An Overall Toxic Work Environment
Avoid like the plague.
Avoid it at all costs. Extreme favoritism based on nothing - and if you are not a favorite, life will be hell.
Tom Bell
He is new, from our very brief interactions he seems like an actual journalist, hope he can turn this place around... don’t know how we landed him, but thank God.
Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment
News Director is coming into chaos so he is trying to get a handle on where everything is organizationally. None of this is a reflection on him, but the assignment desk is EXTREMELY mismanaged. The assignment desk Manager has made inappropriate comments to photographers who are afraid to go to HR because they don’t want thinks leaked on social media. She also pushes most her work off on already overworked MMJ’s and asks MMJ’s to put themselves in harmful positions like door knocks on murders doors solo (which is also backed up by the assistant ND). No feedback is given, ever and the one EP at the station never reads reporters work just accepts it as is no feedback for growth.
People don’t stay at this station for a reason. Ego driven/mean girl managers who are lazy. Reporters are all young and most have already asked lawyers to look at their contracts for early outs.
Cristi Jessee
This article tells you everything you need to know... http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/2/7/there-goes-the-credibility
Cristi Jessee
Horrible news judgment. No experience. No vision. No motivation.
This is by far the cheapest station in Las Vegas. It is an embarrassment to Meredith. If you want an ice cream sandwich or a homeless toiletry kit for Christmas instead of a raise or fair wage, pick GM Todd Brown's station!
Cristi Jessee
Absent. No quality control. Does not watch. Detached. Would prefer to post pictures on SnapChat than confront news gathering challenges.
An Overall Toxic Work Environment
Morale is very low. GM constantly brags about the amount of money the station is making, but very little of it goes toward the newsroom.
This is a station for reporters on their second jobs looking for a stepping stone. No veteran journalists. Kids only, with zero oversight. It's a shame, because the talent that already exists at FOX5 could be focused and harnessed if management spent time focusing on the quality of the product. Other stations in the market laugh at FOX5's reputation.
