I really appreciate this video, it kind of reassures me that I made the right choice. I recently accepted a position as a news producer, fresh out of college, no experience, my first job outside of the service industry, and I got incredibly lucky cause I'll be working an 8-5 shift! I start in January (since I have to relocate back home from where I currently live) and I am so excited.
Tbh I think the news industry is exploitative because you guys work hard and don’t make 6 figures. The pressure u are under is crazy, but I guess if u love it you love it.
Thanks for the information. I applied for an mmj position but got offered a producer position instead. It is above the 70 market and will be my first official job in news. Not sure if I should take it. I really want to do on air work. Thanks for the information
I'm curious about career paths. If a news producer wants to stay in TV news, where do they go upward? And do they have to change stations to do that? Or is promoting within possible?
You can totally move up as a news producer. It depends on what you want to do. A general next step is usually either going to a bigger market and staying a news producer, or going to a smaller market and becoming an executive producer (or some companies have senior producers before executive producer). You don’t have to move stations to move up, but a lot of people do. It’s generally faster that way. But stations do also promote from within, it’s just usually a slower process to move up if you stay in one station. And if you want to keep moving up then there’s assistant news director, then news director, then the real top dog: the station manager.
I really appreciate this video, it kind of reassures me that I made the right choice. I recently accepted a position as a news producer, fresh out of college, no experience, my first job outside of the service industry, and I got incredibly lucky cause I'll be working an 8-5 shift! I start in January (since I have to relocate back home from where I currently live) and I am so excited.
Tbh I think the news industry is exploitative because you guys work hard and don’t make 6 figures. The pressure u are under is crazy, but I guess if u love it you love it.
Thanks for the information. I applied for an mmj position but got offered a producer position instead. It is above the 70 market and will be my first official job in news. Not sure if I should take it. I really want to do on air work. Thanks for the information
Current situation 😮💨
@@ciaraclark3298 They're in desperate need for producers
You so much on point
Do you work in New York?
I'm curious about career paths. If a news producer wants to stay in TV news, where do they go upward? And do they have to change stations to do that? Or is promoting within possible?
You can totally move up as a news producer. It depends on what you want to do. A general next step is usually either going to a bigger market and staying a news producer, or going to a smaller market and becoming an executive producer (or some companies have senior producers before executive producer). You don’t have to move stations to move up, but a lot of people do. It’s generally faster that way. But stations do also promote from within, it’s just usually a slower process to move up if you stay in one station. And if you want to keep moving up then there’s assistant news director, then news director, then the real top dog: the station manager.
Reporter and journalists don’t make money. I think producers make more money than a reporter