She's on her way to KING in August, but Patreons on ftvlive.com show several colleagues complaining about bullying tactcs and not wanting to work with her. It may explain why she moved from station to station in Seattle back in the day and wound up in a podunk market for years. Here's the post, you be the judge: FTVLive has heard from a number of staffers who described Lewis as a straight up "Bully." Now, normally, when someone reaches out to FTVLive and describes a co-worker is "mean" or a "bully", we don't pay it much attention. Not everyone likes each other and in a business full of big egos, there will be friction. But, the word "bully" kept popping up, when talking to people inside the WYFF newsroom. One insider shared a story in which WYFF Anchor Destiny Chance was to read a story while standing in front of the chroma key. One WYFF staffer described it this way, "Destiny had a shot at the chroma key after weather. The pr...
What the heck is going on here?
ReplyDeleteExtremely low. Aren’t other ND positions in the market at least 300k?
ReplyDeleteI think your number is way high, especially 1) given how cheap Sinclair is, 2) The major Cox reductions 3) Fox as a company pushes entertainment and sports more than news on their O&Os. I mean Erin and Abby are anchoring news, it's all consolidating. Again, just a guess.
DeleteThis pay range does seem a bit low for a legacy station in a top 20 market, but it also doesn't seem unreasonable in today's turbulent economic climate.
ReplyDeleteYou have the skills and the experience, at that very station. Looks like good money, but dealing with corporate -- how is your blood pressure?
ReplyDeleteIt's risky to come on board as a new ND with the appointment of a regional news VP and acorporate boss calling more of the shots, per the post here about Tegna reorg. Proceed with caution. Maybe the Asst. ND might take it, because of familiarity. Promotions from within help with stability in the midst of the changes coming. As far as the money goes, again, with a regional VP on board and presumably still parked in a KING office, I think the number if a bit higher than the low range. If it's a promotion, the $165 number works.
ReplyDeleteHa! I couldn't deal with the old Tegna corporate, let alone this one, if you are referring directly to me.
ReplyDeleteYes. I'm referring directly to your experience. Makes sense that you shy away from it though. You've had a taste of corporate nonsense. It's like getting a whiff of something stuck to your shoe. Been there, glad to be away from it.
DeleteThanks, JB?
DeleteWhen it comes to content, great ideas rarely — okay, never — come from a corporate content gaggle. Whoever takes this role is in for a headache: every day they'll have to decide which competing corporate voice in their head gets to steer the ship.
ReplyDeleteYes there will be politics from the GM and corporate, which makes for multiple ibuprofen hits each day. The best way to overcome this issue is to build really strong relationships with the staff and do lots of one-on-one and group trainings. In other words, bottom up management as much as possible. But it would be an enormous challenge to fend off the Barbarians at the Gate.
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