Vantaggi
Good company culture at these 2 stations (in local television this can vary greatly from station to station within the same company); co-workers are, overall, very friendly and fun to work with; moved into a new building in 2013 and equipment is, overall, up-to-date. Good General Manager who maintains an open door policy and has done a very good job over the last few years transforming the two stations from being seriously dysfunctional to being a good place to work. Most Department Managers are great to work for.
Svantaggi
News product is not competitive, a distant third in the market despite the recent investments; this is, IMHO, attributable to poor leadership of this particular department; the corporate "mothership" has tried to contain costs by streamlining many functions and hubbing them at headquarters in Baltimore; this has the effect, in many instances, of discouraging independent thinking and risk-taking that could yield genuine improvement. Finally, there is the challenge of trying to garner more viewers in an industry that is shrinking and consolidating, as eyeballs move away from "appointment" TV and towards streaming. Unfortunately, no one in this business has figured out how to monetize their content on the web to the point where it could replace on-air advertising. At some point the local TV news business will probably experience a "mass extinction" akin to what has already happened to the newspaper industry.
