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IF YOU HAD TO HIRE A FIRST TIME NEWS DIRECTOR |
| Message Name: |
Hey Wash.. |
| Date Posted: |
06/11/2005 |
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I wasn't going to toss my two cents in this discussion until I read a few posts. The best person to run a news department is the one who realizes that it takes everyone on staff to have a winning product. I am so freaking sick and tired of everyone moaning and groaning about what everyone else does and does not do in the newsroom. Everyone's job's important....it's like a cake, without all the ingredients it would be crap. Love what you do people, own it, take pride in it and at the end of the day enjoy what should be a noble profession.....Hey back 9 if you're looking for an ND that can mop the floor with the competition drop me a line. EPforyou@hotmail.com |
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We were asked to decide between a reporter and a producer.
Just because I didn't give the answer you wanted to hear doesn't mean it lacks value.
I don't know what market you work in and maybe the work skills of a reporter and news director do mesh more in smaller markets. In my experience reporters do their thing and news directors do their thing and rarely do their job descriptions overlap.
I won't rehash why I think I'd choose a producer over a reporter (all other things being equal) per my last posting that you encouraged the world to read, but I will also tell you and the other poster who followed you that I am a reporter and I am also likely old enough to be your parent so stop the knee jerk attacks already.
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