who?cares 253 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I was watching WTWO a while ago, and they had somebody i have never seen before doing the weather. I don't know if this is and Indiana State Student, or what, but she was defiantly nervous, and inexperienced. I would like to take the time to remind you that this is the same station that had the "Doppler Dead Zone" promo. Does any other station do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTrack8000 0 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 It seems like WHBF takes their people RIGHT OUT college. WQAD has had a sports intern do a few segments, and he is now a sports reporter/fill in anchor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 um...yes. It's quite common. Deborah Norville got her start anchoring at WAGA-Atlanta while she was still in school at UG. One of my Communications professors, Karyn Brown, started at either WQAD or KWQC in the Quad Cities while she was in school Augustana College in Rock Island, IL. WCBI-Columbus, MS uses senior-year or graduate-level Broadcast Meteorology students as weekend weather anchors as does WTOK-Meridian. The weekend anchors, reporters and maybe the morning anchors at KOMU-Columbia, MO are students in the University of Missouri School of Journalism (the university owns the NBC-affiliated station). Newzpimpin' started at WBBJ-Jackson just before he graduated (correct me if I'm wrong that on that, NP). I think the anchors and reporters at WVUA-Tuscaloosa, AL are mostly students. That's all I can think of off the top of my head at the moment, but I could almost guarantee there are more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDubya87 0 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Heck, I started reporting for KSNF when I was 17. I'm now the weekday 6 & 10 Producer and the 5pm associate producer/fill-in producer, and I'm only 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsdude 41 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 One of my old interns was part of a program at Syracuse University, where he was dispatched to Washington, DC and filed stories for WTWO over a 2 month period. I think it's called "Washington Newsroom," and several small market stations participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Active 3 0 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Quote: "I was watching WTWO a while ago, and they had somebody i have never seen before doing the weather." She's a news producer at the station, and only fills in when regular on-air weather peeps are on vacation. She's been on a few times before, mainly on weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnO 0 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I was watching WTWO a while ago, and they had somebody i have never seen before doing the weather. I don't know if this is and Indiana State Student, or what, but she was defiantly nervous, and inexperienced. I would like to take the time to remind you that this is the same station that had the "Doppler Dead Zone" promo. Does any other station do this? What do you expect from a Nexstar station? They will do anything and everything to save a penny. I used to be a Nexstar employee, and if my station wasn't a union shop at the time, they would have thrown interns on the air to save on overtime. I'm not surprised to hear this news about WTWO. Yes, college students need to start somewhere, but not in markets that is not meant for beginners. Their start should be on a college newscast or in a smaller market. If they want to be on the air, go to a smaller market like Billings, Montana and pay their dues there. Oh wait, Nexstar closed down a newsroom Bozeman after it was only open for 18 months (KSVI to be exact...Quorum started news there, Nexstar bought the place and shut down the newsroom). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 What do you expect from a Nexstar station? They will do anything and everything to save a penny. I used to be a Nexstar employee, and if my station wasn't a union shop at the time, they would have thrown interns on the air to save on overtime. I'm not surprised to hear this news about WTWO. Yes, college students need to start somewhere, but not in markets that is not meant for beginners. Their start should be on a college newscast or in a smaller market. If they want to be on the air, go to a smaller market like Billings, Montana and pay their dues there. Oh wait, Nexstar closed down a newsroom Bozeman after it was only open for 18 months (KSVI to be exact...Quorum started news there, Nexstar bought the place and shut down the newsroom). Terre Haute is market 151, what better place to get ones feet wet? All knocking of Nexstar aside, where would you propose a just-graduated student start if not market 151? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhampsten 0 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I don't see what all the hoopla is about WTWO using college students on-air, Most likely students from ISU. WTHI does this all the time, in fact most of their reporters usually have graduated within the past year at ISU before moving on to other markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewzPimpin 1 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 And also, Oprah anchored at WLAC (WTVF) while attending TSU in Nashville at age 19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Active 3 0 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I don't see what all the hoopla is about WTWO using college students on-air, Most likely students from ISU. WTHI does this all the time, in fact most of their reporters usually have graduated within the past year at ISU before moving on to other markets. I can't even keep up with the number of reporters that have gone through WTHI-TV in just the past few years. It seems a majority were definitely out of ISU, with a couple from IU here and there. On an unrelated note, WTWO is reportedly losing one of their sports guys, who's moving up to Indianapolis. The job's been posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.