Station's Ratings
News Dirctors
MMJ (OMB) Job details
Yearly salary
Contract2 years
Paired with a photogN/A
Station market rank3
Dawn Miller
Dawn means well, but is dealing with the constrains that the whole news department sees, that being understaffing. Often tasks are shouldered by people, including the MMJs, whose jobs should not include those tasks.
An Overall Toxic Work Environment
This is the prime location for someone to experience burnout. While the staff members are great, almost everyone who works here has, on multiple occasions, expresses serious frustrations with leadership, communication, and resources. This station was not built for career longevity.
This is a news share with anchors and producers halfway across the country in Indiana. There is only one show at 10 pm which means after 5:30 pm, you are basically on your own since management at the PA location is gone. Anchors are working on another show and producers are not familiar with the area. There is no assignment editor or other support staff. If you are looking to get experience and don't mind toughing it out for two years, this is for you. You do get opportunities to cover the big stories since it's a small staff and nobody can play too much of a seniority card since nobody stays very long.
MMJ (OMB) Job details
Yearly salary
Contract1 year
Paired with a photogN/A
Station market rank#3
Dawn Miller
She's not technically the news director. Instead she is the news manager and the only manager at the physical location in the market. She doesn't micromanage, but she also lacks vital communication skills at times. Not the most motivated and instead wants MMJ's to do tasks she doesn't want to (on top of all they have to do)
It's not somewhere you'll want to stay for too long. This station is a "news share" which means the anchors and producers and news director are all in South Bend, Indiana. There's not much feedback because there aren't many leaders with a hands-on approach. There are no veteran reporters or anchors to learn from. At any given day only 2-3 reporters are scheduled to work, which means if someone is sick, there's very little content and the slack has to be unfairly picked up by whoever is around.
