Job Responsibilities
General Assignment Reporter/ Evening Anchor - To arrive at
station by 2 p.m. Expected to use personal vehicle to travel to
an assignment. Required to submit at least two, 45 second
stories by 4 p.m. and complete a set for the following day. IN
between, take feeds, answer phones, and check e-mail. Must
prepare a 10 minute feature every four weeks. To prepare
weekend stories and research storie ideas. Scheduled to anchor
from 7 p.m to 10 p.m.
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Job Requirements
College Degree
Temple University, London Philadelphia
Volunteered at college radio station as anchor & reporter for 2
years while studing at Temple U.
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Uppers
Benefits, Vacation & sick days, mobility within the company, station appearances
for community and cultural events, reporters granted the liberty to pursue
topics of their own interest.
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Downers
Travel expenses when using my own vehicle, poverty level wage
despite earning a college degree, long hours, un-livable wage,
disparity in the amount women and men are paid.
Clear Channel recently bought this privately owned station but
the management principles are still implemented by the old staff
which determines how much I get paid.
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Lifestyle
Be prepared to work for free. The employees in the newsroom must rely on a
second job and/or family to supplement their income. It's discouraging when a 37
year old co-worker still lives at home with his mother, or an employee of seven
years was never given a raise and must walk to work because he unable to afford a
car. Clear Channel would normally do something about this but the station
manager for the past 25 years insists on the principle of paying $8.00p/hour in a
market where the competing station starts reporters at $25,000.
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Compensation
$19,500 per year / $9.38 per hour.
Requested a raise 3 months from the start date. After 4 months
with no answer, I contacted Clear Channel Delaware to request a
meeting and evaluation of my work where I was denied a raise
within a week. Just 3 weeks ago, the station manager offered a
promotion, a $2,000 p/year raise that required a 6th day of work
totalling an extra $38 p/week.
Benefits: United Health Care
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Advice to Jobseekers
Understand this is profession where the avarage reporter makes
$30,000 salary. Request your benefits kick in immediately,
vacation, and 401 k plan to kick in too.
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