The site needed it. About the author. This web site is an essay written by Greg Byron , a former radio and television newsman who has moved on after nearly twenty years to a second, unrelated career in computer technology. He has a journalism degree from Wichita State University, has won four state-level broadcast association awards, and a NY Film Festival medal for local news series. He is quick to point out that not all stations approach news identically.
Some stations actually do attempt consistent journalism and their staffs are more stable.
Those are the ones about which this essay offers critique. TV people can easily be caught up in the glamor of it all. In stations all over the country, there are those who work in TV who are well meaning, dedicated professionals. They have little control over the way stations now staff and define news. The 'real journalists' working in stations aren't happy their bosses shamelessly maximize ratings and profits.