Lenslinger
01-04-2007, 09:53 PM
...for a good photog or two. Now, before you flame me for trolling for applicants on the message board, know that we've already placed a paid-ad on the b-roll job listing. Why, here it is now:
NEWS PHOTOJOURNALIST (WGHP) High Point, NC. NPPA Station of the Year is looking for a keen and enthusiastic Photojournalist to join our award winning staff. A top rated FOX O and O, we are based in central North Carolina and are shooting all Sony XD and editing Grass Valley Newsedit. We have a strong Reporting staff and an award winning Photo Department. Come and learn from some of the best Photojournalists in the country. Applicants should be creative, hard working and like to have fun. A good tape is important. A great attitude is essential. Team Players only. Resume tapes to: Keith Hale. Manager of Photojournalism. WGHP TV FOX8 2005 Francis Street, High Point, N.C. 27263.
The above job description touches on much, but I'd like to add a little of what I know - for at WGHP you can:
Work, Hard - This ain't no disco. We got a bunch of live trucks, oodles of airtime and a room-full of deskbound experts just itchin' to toss you into the mix. Sure, we value pretty pictures and crisp sound - but if you can't hammer it out on a live truck laptop while hurtling down the interstate, save your escape-tape. In short, we.get.sh!t.done. You can too.
Season Yourself - Don't get us wrong - we'd love someone with a hefty resume, but our shop offers alot to the shooter three or four years into the craft. Though I had more time in service than that when I came aboard, my small-market skills took a quantum leap when equipped with the right tools and the highest of expectations. I even learned to white-balance more than once a week!
Play With the Toys - Hey, we're only a top forty shop, but we saddle our shooters with XDCams, a decent light kit and a semi-shiny white news unit. Wanna feel the love of a well-honed soft-box? No problem. Wanna get you hidden-camera fetish on? We're here for ya. Wanna wow us with your 17 level non-linear edit prowess? Chiggety-Check. Tools don't make the shooter, but it sure is nice when the stuff works as advertised, knowwhatI'msayin'?
Master the Package - Live shots aside, its what we live for - a stand-alone daily masterpiece with a clear beginning, a cogent middle and a satisfying end. Investigative, Consumer, General Assignment and something we lovingly deride as a 'Buck-umentary'. Do time here and you'll soon be able to package a deaf kid prayer vigil and a double-homicide wailing contest - often in the same week!
Be Your Own Photog - We got 'em all here, journeyman sports shooters, wizened edit gurus, NPPA evangelists, technical McGyvers - even one guy who thinks he's the Poet Laureate of the photog nation. Wait, that's me! My point is you can forge your own path here at El Ocho and as long as it passes our standards of quality, you can consider yourself a pioneer! Come on - where else would they let a blowhard like me crank out solo epics three days a week.
lastly, at WGHP, you can:
Work With Those Who Care - The photogs at Fox 8 are as diverse as any other societal microcosm, but amid the nat sound freaks , tripod disciples and wide-angle junkies - we all share a common trait.: We give a damn about what we put in people's living rooms every couple of hours. If you're looking for a shop where your fellow photogs will ignore your work, we ain't it. If you're in search of a station where the shooters regularly gather behind a colleague in mid-edit and shame, harrass or cajole him/her to make it all purty-like, check us out...
In the interest of full disclosure, I should explain why I felt compelled to weigh in with my own bullet-list. No, the suits didn't ask me too . Rather, I sincerely dig this place, It ain't perfect; no shop is. But we crank out a quality product I'm quite proud of and it shows in our low photog-turnover. Now that we got an opening (or two), I want to make sure we maintain that quality with the very best hire. That, and once the whole photog-reporter ratio evens out, I can get back to my anchor-pack habit. Just being honest...
NEWS PHOTOJOURNALIST (WGHP) High Point, NC. NPPA Station of the Year is looking for a keen and enthusiastic Photojournalist to join our award winning staff. A top rated FOX O and O, we are based in central North Carolina and are shooting all Sony XD and editing Grass Valley Newsedit. We have a strong Reporting staff and an award winning Photo Department. Come and learn from some of the best Photojournalists in the country. Applicants should be creative, hard working and like to have fun. A good tape is important. A great attitude is essential. Team Players only. Resume tapes to: Keith Hale. Manager of Photojournalism. WGHP TV FOX8 2005 Francis Street, High Point, N.C. 27263.
The above job description touches on much, but I'd like to add a little of what I know - for at WGHP you can:
Work, Hard - This ain't no disco. We got a bunch of live trucks, oodles of airtime and a room-full of deskbound experts just itchin' to toss you into the mix. Sure, we value pretty pictures and crisp sound - but if you can't hammer it out on a live truck laptop while hurtling down the interstate, save your escape-tape. In short, we.get.sh!t.done. You can too.
Season Yourself - Don't get us wrong - we'd love someone with a hefty resume, but our shop offers alot to the shooter three or four years into the craft. Though I had more time in service than that when I came aboard, my small-market skills took a quantum leap when equipped with the right tools and the highest of expectations. I even learned to white-balance more than once a week!
Play With the Toys - Hey, we're only a top forty shop, but we saddle our shooters with XDCams, a decent light kit and a semi-shiny white news unit. Wanna feel the love of a well-honed soft-box? No problem. Wanna get you hidden-camera fetish on? We're here for ya. Wanna wow us with your 17 level non-linear edit prowess? Chiggety-Check. Tools don't make the shooter, but it sure is nice when the stuff works as advertised, knowwhatI'msayin'?
Master the Package - Live shots aside, its what we live for - a stand-alone daily masterpiece with a clear beginning, a cogent middle and a satisfying end. Investigative, Consumer, General Assignment and something we lovingly deride as a 'Buck-umentary'. Do time here and you'll soon be able to package a deaf kid prayer vigil and a double-homicide wailing contest - often in the same week!
Be Your Own Photog - We got 'em all here, journeyman sports shooters, wizened edit gurus, NPPA evangelists, technical McGyvers - even one guy who thinks he's the Poet Laureate of the photog nation. Wait, that's me! My point is you can forge your own path here at El Ocho and as long as it passes our standards of quality, you can consider yourself a pioneer! Come on - where else would they let a blowhard like me crank out solo epics three days a week.
lastly, at WGHP, you can:
Work With Those Who Care - The photogs at Fox 8 are as diverse as any other societal microcosm, but amid the nat sound freaks , tripod disciples and wide-angle junkies - we all share a common trait.: We give a damn about what we put in people's living rooms every couple of hours. If you're looking for a shop where your fellow photogs will ignore your work, we ain't it. If you're in search of a station where the shooters regularly gather behind a colleague in mid-edit and shame, harrass or cajole him/her to make it all purty-like, check us out...
In the interest of full disclosure, I should explain why I felt compelled to weigh in with my own bullet-list. No, the suits didn't ask me too . Rather, I sincerely dig this place, It ain't perfect; no shop is. But we crank out a quality product I'm quite proud of and it shows in our low photog-turnover. Now that we got an opening (or two), I want to make sure we maintain that quality with the very best hire. That, and once the whole photog-reporter ratio evens out, I can get back to my anchor-pack habit. Just being honest...