Station's Ratings
News Directors
Morgan Schabb
The news director always had her favorites and if you weren't one of them you weren't treated as well. She is younger so gossip was always something happening. Not only about people in our newsroom but also of people at the other stations as well. I think she tried her best to be a good leader but because she was younger had a hard time. She wasn't ever open to ideas that pushed the envelope. She liked ideas that were safe and wouldn't upset viewers. Also there would be several times they would say we were "#1" when in reality we weren't.
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The news director always had her favorites and if you weren't one of them you weren't treated as well. She is younger so gossip was always something happening. Not only about people in our newsroom but also of people at the other stations as well. I think she tried her best to be a good leader but because she was younger had a hard time. She wasn't ever open to ideas that pushed the envelope. She liked ideas that were safe and wouldn't upset viewers. Also there would be several times they would say we were "#1" when in reality we weren't.
I would say it's a great place to get experience but keep your guard up and don't trust anyone. Everyone is there to gossip. Just be careful.
Read MoreMorgan Schaab
This is a great shop. I like our creative freedom and room for growth as journalists. Our ND has high expectations but is encouraging and cares at the same time. Production team can be exhausting but it’s not the worst.
Read MoreMorgan Schaab
To those who keep trashing the other departments, remember - “those in glass houses...”
My experience is everyone works hard. No one person “practically runs the station.” Morgan’s great but she tends to be pals with everyone and when you do that it’s hard to lead.
Morgan Schaab
Love this station. Love the newsroom. I feel though the newsroom has their shit together but other departments and management are ten steps behind. Morgan practically runs the station and works hard to make sure the other departments negative leadership don’t affect her newsroom.
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I’m not sure why no one has mentioned this, so I will. This is a sales driven station. The douchebag in charge of sales wants to be the General Manager will do everything he can to get the job. I don’t know this for a fact but I believe that’s a big reason we’ve lost a couple News Directors. One was great and the other wasn’t so good. Morgan is good, too. The GSM doesn’t care about journalistic ethics. He’d sell it if he could. He marches hus clients on every chance he gets. It’s a good place to learn and the news guys are solid. But the GSM needs to be held in check. Just IMHO.
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I love this station, but Aaron Vogel turned this shop around! He is the best thing that’s happened to WAND!
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