Station's Ratings
News Directors
Sarah Truitt
Awful. She is belittling, and promotes a toxic work environment
Read MoreSexual Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment
The only reason I am making this review is to warn others of this place. It is not only unorganized, but there is no guidance or leadership. Anything “goes” within these walls and it leads to a toxic environment that’s incredibly hard to work in. Sexual harassment has happened within these walls and management turns a blind eye to it. If you’re serious about news… DO NOT COME HERE. Save yourself the embarrassment of signing on to a place like this.
Production Director Job details
Yearly salary
Contract5 years
Paired with a photogN/A
Station market rank
Sarah Truitt
I personally never really had an issue with her, she gave me the opportunity to move up in the company. Although she does favor certain people and the people that are not favored do not get much help.
Read MoreSexual Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment
Its a good station to start out at and gain knowledge. I noticed after a few years at this station your moral will definitely be beat down, try to get in and move up and then leave as quickly as possible. If you stay too long you wont even want to stay in the industry. Also be prepared to do multiple jobs and be paid for only one, the station is severely understaffed and it shows. The owners are more interested in building their broadcasting company that they do not pay attention to the understaffed stations with awful outdated equipment.
Read MoreSarah Truitt
Incredibly demanding and ruthless. Thinks she's running a top 25 market, rarely offers praise, requires enterprising stories, none can be from other local press unless there's a new angle, I would describe the newsroom as walking on eggshells when you're in her presence.
Read MoreAn Overall Toxic Work Environment
Considering how little money you make, they sure demand a lot out of you and have high expectations. I would advise staying away unless you're a tough love kind of person (I am a pat my back type). Granted, they do give you lots of opportunities to train across different positions and Salisbury is a beautiful city. But if you're looking for positive reinforcement don't expect it, fresh out of college? Look elsewhere. For me, the coworkers I had were awesome and they helped me through a lot.
Equipment is weak, the station doesn't have ton of money (explains the meager salaries)
Read MoreSarah Truitt
Mentor, constructive feedback, flexible.
Read MoreSexual Harassment
One of the station's previous employees was sexually harassing almost all of the reporters, often over social media DMs. No one spoke up until the employee left for a new job.
This is a great station to start. You can try your hand at almost anything and get experience covering anything you are interested in. If you are passionate about a topic, you will likely be able to cover it. The work load is heavy but it prepares you for moving higher into a Top 50 market. Most of the reporters are right out of college. You can grow here and learn a lot if you have an open mind and positive attitude. The equipment is not reliable and annoying to deal with at times. The station doesn't have a lot of money to work with which explains the equipment and low salaries. The set is completely virtual/green screen.
Read MoreSarah Truitt
Terrible
Read MoreSexual Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment
Very toxic, ran like a high school lunch room.
