WMBF

I was surprised to read the other review about this station. I believe Ashley is a great leader and she’s very open to feedback from her staff. This is the perfect market if it’s your first stop and you’re looking to get your foot in the door. It’s also a great opportunity to grow as a leader in a newsroom if you’re looking to get into management. You’re encouraged to be creative and try new things no matter what position you’re in. There are a lot of people who come in with a two year contract and end up signing extensions, which wouldn’t happen if it was toxic. Ashley’s also helpful if you want to move on to a bigger market. She seems to want what’s best for her employees. I don’t know who wrote that other review, but I don’t think it was accurate at all.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

The news director fosters a negative work environment. She is curt, terse and abrupt when she speaks with you. When you do get a photog to shoot with you like a sweeps piece or a special, they forget to do the basics like using a light on an interview or get important shots which makes it hard to write to video and craft a story. The operations manager not much help either on the technical side or relationship side when issues come up. The station spends too much time on backwoods-backwaters crime that there is no take away for the view of value and benefit.

Just because the station is by the ocean in a tourist destination does not mean living by the beach is part of the benefits package. The pay is horrible and not a place to grow and hone in on your skills.