Broadcasting burnout

[sinklair]

Organman; I agree with your assessment.

It’s those greedy corporations that are squeezing out every penny will soon find out that they’ve killed the golden goose.

Where you once had a Director, technical director, graphics operator, sound engineer, teleprompter operator, floor director, and multiple camera operators… there is now one body.

Reporters now shoot and edit their own stories, on top of researching, writing, and presenting the topic. No wonder why stories are very basic.

Producers code shows, prepare graphics, and have to find more content to fill the News hole because station managers continue to add shows with little to no new bodies.

Everyone is expected to post to the website and social media.

Granted, some of the work changed because of advancements in technology. But that same technology was used to just add on additional work.

The studies into stress and burnout are real. But I doubt it will make any difference at the level where change needs to occur. Very few people in the C-level have ever worked in a newsroom, so they don’t appreciate how the current pressures on their staff are driving some of the best journalists right out of the business.

[MasterB]

I don't support The Fairness Doctrine was good when there was only 3 or 4 channels it was outdated in the 80s why it was removed doesn't need to comeback as that ship has sailed in my opinion.

[sinklair]

You’re right that it shouldn’t be needed… if journalists just did their job of getting both/all sides. Most do, which is a good thing. But then you get stations run by Sinclair that use their local newscasts to push a national agenda from their corporate owners.

[Jack5o2soco]

Hell abc12 had that desk where matt and Angie were their own directors. Haven't seen it used since covid

[sinklair]

Yep, their digital desk or some type of branding like that. WNEM is having Christina Burkhart launch their live streaming one-person desk. Mid-Michigan NOT Now! recently launched their desk and just hired a Lansing reporter named Kyle Makin to anchor their live desk. Because adding on a self-directed live broadcast is yet another job that we can add on to already overworked staff. If you’ve watched these broadcasts, they are extremely hard to watch.

[AuburnViewer]

Yep, their digital desk or some type of branding like that. WNEM is having Christina Burkhart launch their live streaming one-person desk. Mid-Michigan NOT Now! recently launched their desk and just hired a Lansing reporter named Kyle Makin to anchor their live desk. Because adding on a self-directed live broadcast is yet another job that we can add on to already overworked staff. If you’ve watched these broadcasts, they are extremely hard to watch.

Isn't Christina on Channel 12?

[Realist]

Yep, their digital desk or some type of branding like that. WNEM is having Christina Burkhart launch their live streaming one-person desk. Mid-Michigan NOT Now! recently launched their desk and just hired a Lansing reporter named Kyle Makin to anchor their live desk. Because adding on a self-directed live broadcast is yet another job that we can add on to already overworked staff. If you’ve watched these broadcasts, they are extremely hard to watch.

Isn't Christina on Channel 12?

Yes