Comments on: Are you an angry web producer?

By: shawn smith

shawn smith — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:24:32 +0000

Although I am not an advocate of anonymity in most cases, this might be one where the angry journalist model works - Why are producers unhappy, I’m guessing it’s because of their place in the news world and timeline. They are stuck being the internet evangelists when many people at news orgs still don’t want to transition. They also likely have some love for newspapers the way news was once done, and seeing its decline can be bothersome, especially when they are bridging the old and the new. What would make web producers more happy? - having an outlet, like a blog.

By: Contrarian

Contrarian — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:46:58 +0000

More than a deacde ago, you could be an “Angry TV person” on Mike James’ “NewsBlues” site and leave angry anonymous posts about how bad you management was.

That ability resulted in a massive change in the corporate behavior of TV owners and the managers in those companies….

…oh, wait. No, it didn’t.

Anonymous bitching on an internet site had no effect whatsoever.

By: oakling

oakling — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:04:28 +0000

On the angry journalist side, I think there’s an encouraging silver lining here. Seems like what we’re seeing is that the dysfunctional control-freak bureaucracies can’t support themselves when things change… which makes sense… so maybe this will help move society past a place where that kind of corporate behavior is acceptable, or at least where it’s considered to be an option at all.

By: Fed Up

Fed Up — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:11:51 +0000

Well, if you are to focus on journalism in local tv, the post immediately below this one (the S.I. one) mirrors what you probably see in your local market on a nightly basis during sweeps — fluff and T&A.

How soon will the day come when even local car dealers transition to online advertising only, eschewing the print of newspaper?

By: Barney Lerten

Barney Lerten — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:52:24 +0000

Can’t remember my dang sign-in, been so long, and don’t want to reset my password, so…

I’m not an ANGRY Web producer, just a tired one. Long hours, when combined with other jobs involving the area of our endeavor that pays the bills -on-air.

I’m no sales person, but like everyone else, we’re highly dependent on their efforts. We’re small-market TV, trying to… I’ll save the rest for whatever goes on at the forum.