WRCB

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

If you have a passion for journalism, specifically broadcast news, I would avoid working at this station. There is no room for professional growth unless you are a part of the "clique" of dayside producers and managers. Extreme efforts need to be placed on accurate news gathering techniques instead of promoting unqualified people to assistant and management positions. Of course, it is difficult to lead a team when you have less than half a decade of leadership experience. It should also be noted that more than one of the anchors exhibits bipolar symptoms, which contributes to the toxic environment.

At least during the time of my employment, I do not recall there being a human resources professional employed in the newsroom, but rather a designated staff member who was assigned HR tasks in addition to their role. This may contribute to the incompetent managers, unprofessional behavior, what many previous employees deem a "childish" and toxic work environment, and the high turnover rate.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

If you have a passion for journalism, specifically broadcast news, I would avoid working at this station. There is no room for professional growth unless you are a part of the "clique" of dayside producers and management. Extreme efforts need to be placed on accurate news gathering techniques instead of promoting unqualified people to assistant and management positions. But of course, it is difficult to manage a team of people when you have less than half a decade of leadership experience. It should also be noted that more than one of the anchors exhibits bipolar symptoms, which contributes to the toxic environment.

At least during the time of my employment, I do not recall there being a human resources professional employed in the newsroom, but rather a designated staff member who was assigned HR tasks in addition to their role. This may contribute to incompetent managers, unprofessional behavior, what several past employees have deemed a "childish" and toxic work environment, and a high turnover rate.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

The managers are absent and only invest in the producers. Reporters are taken advantage of. Photographers are not important.

This station ruined news for me. The management situation is childish. They cater to certain people and belittle others. They show favorites and let certain people say and do whatever they want. No consequences for inappropriate and rude behavior. I have seen many producers cuss people out and say horrible things with no consequences. Overall, it’s a terrible work environment unless you’re a producer.

I have been at WRCB for five years and some of my best memories were made at the station. I started my role there as the 5:00 pm producer and, at the time, Callie Starnes was the Assistant News Director. She taught me a lot about gathering stories, news judgement, multitasking, and how to come up with solutions when stories fell through. She soon moved to the News Director role and I shifted to Senior Producer. I have stayed at the station for this long because of the management and the way we cover stories. We always take the compassionate route and Callie listens to everyone's opinion before making a firm decision. I grew into roles that I never thought I could do because of Callie. If you are ever lucky enough to work here, take the opportunity. You will make life-long friends and Callie will make sure you grow as a person on your way to the top.

This station, is organized chaos. Not in a bad way, but there is always room for improvement. This station will break you down, and build you back up again even stronger. Although at times this newsroom can be messy, it's one of the best newsrooms I have seen in a while. The news director is great at managing and cultivating talent if she takes an interest in you. Although you do have to stay on her, about critiques. She is harsh, but for her to be so young, she is wiser beyond her years. Stand your ground in petty squabbles and you'll do fine here. It's not a place for newcomers, you definitely need experience, but people at this station jump high and for good reason. Great newsroom to work and grow as a reporter. Plenty of opportunities to succeed and grow, you just have to earn it.