Professional Interview Assignment

For this professional interview assignment, I reached out to Lauren Wilson. She is a local professional that has the career I will soon pursue. Lauren is a multi-media journalist/ reporter at WEWS News Channel 5 in Cleveland, Ohio. Though my interests are more along the producing/managing side, I figured many producers start off working as reporters and work their way up the ladder. I did my research on Lauren to gather information on her prior to the interview. I prepared approximately eighteen questions to ask Lauren with additional follow up questions. The interview lasted almost an hour and she was able to answer all the questions I had for her. There were many instances where she would answer two or three of my questions at once. I was

She was titled as an associate producers and did not get her title changed to producer for three years. Lauren stated in the interview that though her title remained the same for many years the workload became harder. She did all the work of a producer, even though she was only given credit as an associate. She stated that she did the work of on-camera talent, producer, and show creator. She said the Ideastream sounded wonderful at first, almost like a fairytale and slowly all the downfalls became apparent. I said in ways she misses Ideastream but is thankful to not be around their culture anymore. The culture at Ideastream was old people, who were stuck in their ways, with not much room for creativity growth. Co-workers and management reflected the older generations. They will all work there till retirement. Now that Lauren is at WEWS News Channel 5 she has seen a large change in the organizational culture. She notices that people are much younger, hip and with the current social times. The management she has now is more flexible and understanding. Organizational culture seemed like a common theme in the interview. Lauren would consistently bring up how much more Channel 5 is with the current times, compared to her former employer. The only downfall she is having with Channel 5 is that it is harder to connect with people and to get to know them. She is still new to the job but has noticed that people a far busier and have less time to converse and build up