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Sexual Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Female employees absolutely get talked over and treated rudely by male management. I know of several complaints to Nexstar Corporate HR that did not result in any changes. I also have heard second hand of questions regarding POC female talent wearing their hair natural on air. Overall, it is a toxic work environment where you are a cog in their wheel and not treated as a person or respected very much unless you are a chosen favorite.

When I left my position for a job outside the business, the station deleted my bylines from every story I had ever covered for them. This has never happened to me at any other station I have worked for in my decade of news. Totally petty and really just drives home the fact that they never cared about me as a person at the station. Nexstar should really consider doing a complete over hall of this dumpster fire of a station.

I love it here. I’m about to be on my fourth year and comparing this station to my previous newsrooms is a walk in the park. Management can be slightly disorganized but our AND is on it. To be honest you get what you give. I’m a hard worker and I have never had an issue here. I just wish I got more feedback willingly, but have never run into an issue of receiving it when asked.

Racial Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Literally the worst work experience I’ve ever had in my entire life and I’ve worked in retail and restaurants. The newsroom is completely unorganized, news cars are disgusting and there’s not enough equipment or photogs for the amount of reporters they hire. I wasn’t set up to succeed at all when I was hired and felt racially discriminated against. When I first got to the station, I had a traditional news camera but management made me give it up to a newer white reporter and forced me to cover stories on my PHONE. Not only did they expect me to produce the same quality of work as the other reporters with cameras, they expected me to meet the same deadlines WITHOUT a station laptop to edit in the field. This negatively impacted the quality of my work and my overall morale. So imagine the stress I endured trying to meet deadline with NONE of the tools other reporters were equipped with. Halfway through my contract I realized I was severely underpaid for the market size and cost of living. There were several occasions where I felt unwelcome and at times uncomfortable at this station due to my experience level. The more experienced reporters clicked up and offered little to no encouragement. I never got feedback on my work from management while working here except for the occasional “nice story on xyz” in passing. I never really felt like I was a part of the “team”. If they ask you to sign a contract at this station I’d advise you to run. Fast. Several seasoned and passionate people have left over the past few years due to poor management.

Management in its entirety needs an upgrade. Turnover is high for a reason.

Sexual Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

The ND and GM pick favorites. There is a weird sexual divide in the newsroom. Almost all producers are female, all reporters are female (except for one) and all photographers are male (except for one). There has also been a few instances of racial discrimination. Towards mainly Hispanics and African Americans. They have claimed to be “the most diverse station in the market” at a meeting, but that is highly inaccurate.

60 people have left in the 3 years Kyle has been News director.
We’ve lost people who have been here for decades that gave up.
Overall, management are nice people, but it’s very disorganized. Some days you have to become management your self and do the things they are supposed to do.
Managers are prone to take 2-3 hour lunch breaks (are unreachable while at lunch), come in late or leave early.
Overall, your day to day coworkers are great, but it’s an extremely stressful environment.
I would avoid this station until they get a new news director and general manager

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

The management team (GM/ND/Creative Director) here is incredibly toxic as a trio. The station has the potential to be great overall, but until there is legitimate leadership here again, I can't recommend anyone come here unless the market/area is somewhere you want to be. There is a total lack of communication, vision, direction, and organization here that has left morale the lowest of anywhere I've ever worked. The market is incredible and there is a lot of news here that, if better planning were used, we could dominate given our producers and field crews. Overall a great station, just in dire need of leadership changes.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Over the last two years of working here, Kyle is a new News Director that has let this station fail. Hiring inexperienced reporters and producers for this level market forces those with experience to work harder and pick up the ever building slack. Professionally this man is terrible at his job, but he's generally a nice person. My advice, if you do end up working here, get what you need from this station and get out. Be on your p's and q's about your work and you'll be appreciated/respected by your colleagues and more senior producers who appreciate good work.

Once a change in management happens, things should improve. Ratings across the board show these teams have potential, it's just management fails to have focus.