Well said, Josh, and some very good points. When I was in charge of hiring for my newsroom, it was difficult if not impossible to find candidates who were interested and keen on municipal politics and breaking news. Their resumes were heavy on sports and passion for sports. Our industry would be a better place with more people passionate about reporting news and local politics to keep those in power accountable.
All of this on-point. I was in TV Sports (and some news) for 30 years. The lower pay was offset by the joys of the job...until it wasn't. Very good advice!
Those are great points, one more thing I also want to add… if you’re a sports broadcaster working in media, there’s professors out there that’ll say that you can’t be bias no matter what. Well it depends on where you’re working at, if you’re working with a television station, then yeah you can’t be bias… but if you’re working for a team (no matter if it’s in Independent Baseball, the MLB, NHL, or the USHL) you’ve actually got a bit of leeway because you’re trying to gain more listeners to check out the team, you want more people to become fans of the team you’re calling games for… and yeah, you can be bias if you’re working with a sports team doing play-by-play because if there’s something special in the game, like someone from the other team breaks the strikeout record in the league, then by all means, go ahead and mention it into your broadcast no matter what team you’re working for no matter if it’s independent baseball or the MLB! Yeah media people on the television side can’t be bias because they’re getting the highlights for a newscast, but unless you work with a local team and have a radio show, then you’ve got leeway where you can be bias
One of the sports anchors in my Top 20 market is moving to become the news anchor. Do you think it's a cost cutting move to have a lead sports anchor become the lead news anchor?
Highly doubtful. It depends on situation and experience, but aside from the move necessitating a new contract, news anchor jobs usually pay better and that position was already accounted for in the budget.
Well said, Josh, and some very good points. When I was in charge of hiring for my newsroom, it was difficult if not impossible to find candidates who were interested and keen on municipal politics and breaking news. Their resumes were heavy on sports and passion for sports. Our industry would be a better place with more people passionate about reporting news and local politics to keep those in power accountable.
All of this on-point. I was in TV Sports (and some news) for 30 years. The lower pay was offset by the joys of the job...until it wasn't. Very good advice!
Those are great points, one more thing I also want to add… if you’re a sports broadcaster
working in media, there’s professors out there that’ll say that you can’t be bias no matter what. Well it depends on where you’re working at, if you’re working with a television station, then yeah you can’t be bias… but if you’re working for a team (no matter if it’s in Independent Baseball, the MLB, NHL, or the USHL) you’ve actually got a bit of leeway because you’re trying to gain more listeners to check out the team, you want more people to become fans of the team you’re calling games for… and yeah, you can be bias if you’re working with a sports team doing play-by-play because if there’s something special in the game, like someone from the other team breaks the strikeout record in the league, then by all means, go ahead and mention it into your broadcast no matter what team you’re working for no matter if it’s independent baseball or the MLB! Yeah media people on the television side can’t be bias because they’re getting the highlights for a newscast, but unless you work with a local team and have a radio show, then you’ve got leeway where you can be bias
OMG I from Arthur Illinois me too
One of the sports anchors in my Top 20 market is moving to become the news anchor. Do you think it's a cost cutting move to have a lead sports anchor become the lead news anchor?
Highly doubtful. It depends on situation and experience, but aside from the move necessitating a new contract, news anchor jobs usually pay better and that position was already accounted for in the budget.