WGHP

Best station I’ve ever worked for.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

I’m only writing this now because someone I know is looking at the station, and I wanted put this out there. WGHP has an incredible news product. Viewers love the station. They are constantly the first with the story, because of the hard working staff and the resources available (drones, photographers, lots of live equipment). But when Lori Denberg became the Assistant News Director a couple of years ago, replacing Eric Olsen (who was a great manager), this station’s morale went downhill. It used to be the best place to work. Everyone worked together. People were happy and had no problem working the long hours because everyone believed in it. Now, Lori has changed that. She yells at everyone, is manipulative, sends out nasty emails to reporters and photographers for the entire station to see, takes pride in making people cry, and micromanages everything. In the past year or two, they have had about 10 people leave because of her. One talented reporter had a breakdown and left because she couldn’t take Lori’s incessant bullying. Kevin is great to work for. He takes the time to coach you and work with you to make you the best. I don’t understand though how he lets someone like Lori beat down some of the most talented people in the business. Several of the people who have left recently, left the business entirely because their mental health and motivation had been ruined by her. Everyone is miserable. Producers cry. Reporters cry. Photographers are ready to walk out the door. It doesn’t have to do with Nexstar’s recent purchase, but everything to do with how Lori operates the newsroom.

You’ll learn a lot if you can deal with the assistant news director. It’ll be a good learning experience and you’ll become a better reporter if you can withstand her toxicity.