WHAG-TV Reviews

Things can get stressful and chaotic because you're expected to do a lot of work with little resources. It's a small, starter market so it's not unexpected to get little pay and sometimes not have enough cameras or edit bays. You rarely go with a photographer so most of your stories you're expected to one-man band from beginning to end (again not unexpected at a starter station.) Tempers can run high sometimes in the newsroom because we have so many big personalities that clash when stress levels get high. You're expected to do your work sometimes with no overtime pay, you're really not supposed to turn in less than two stories a day, and when we're short on staff you can get called on to do extra.

However, there are many cons such as low pay and that goes for any job you have here. They pay way below what other markets would. You can move up but it takes a very long time and your benefits and pay barely increase. As a production assistant you'll likely have 20 or below hours a week so having a second job is a must and with the hours you most likely have to work, you'll get burnt out whether you work the morning news or evening. Most people who work there know its a place to start and treat it as such. Even the higher ups know they have a large turnaround of employees and they kind of tell you this in the beginning. At times it feels like people leave in groups and they are left with picking up the pieces to find new replacements for anchors, reporters, production assistants, and directors.