Will that be the kind of reporting where we only see the reporter's reflection through the side mirror on the vehicle?

Did someone recently leave CP24?
"CP24 – Toronto’s Breaking News – is looking for an experienced News Anchor / Reporter. As an accomplished journalist, you will bring credibility and solid news judgment to the role.  The successful candidate will have outstanding on-air presentation skills and a track record for anchoring and reporting on live breaking news events."

https://jobs.bell.ca/ca/en/job/BECACA416786EXTERNALENCA/Anchor-Reporter-CP24-Bell-Media-Unionized
 

turkeytop wrote:

Lisa Laflamme?

CP24, not CTV, and it would have been recent.
 

I would say this is exactly the plan. Purge the high paid veterans who require an entourage to record a segment, or perform a live one, and replace them with the new crop of one person does all, saving several salaries. I went through a similar scenario in 1986 when my broadcast career ended after new owners of the station took over and we were all relieved of our duties, and replaced with virtually family and friends of the manager , who had no on air experience but likely were not paid. That's when I made a major change in my life, got a truck license and was never unemployed again. 

Last edited by mic'em (March 9, 2024 10:47 am)

When I was in the newspaper business we would have co-op students from the college and universities working in the newsroom or as an ad builder in creative, or occasionally in the sales department.  A few were hired by the company to cover a maternity leave or as a full time job in news, creative, or sales assistant.

All of the students seemed to enjoy the work but were looking at their time as only experience.  Even the few that were hired didn't stay any longer than a year and treated work at the newspaper as a step to move them closer to the work and career that they really wanted.

This was 10 years ago, so I am sure even fewer students now get experience from newspapers.  Some papers no longer have a physical building and staff work from home.  

Many schools and media outlets have rethought the concept of "internships" at print and broadcast outlets and its good to see that many are requiring that students be given some legitimate learning opportunities and, in some cases, to get paid for their work (even if it's just a small honorarium). I've seen situations where interns are literally shoved into the corner, given a stack of CP copy and told to "rewrite this and when you're done, I'll give you some more." At one station I worked at, the interns were referred to as the "flesh coloured mic stands" because they were often sent to cover news events simply to stick a mic in someone's face and let others ask the questions. And there have been abuses. One professor at BCIT told me about the Vancouver TV station who wanted the intern to apply illegally for government benefits for the purposes of a story, promising her a job and covering her legal fees if she was caught. That was shut down very quickly by the school.