Journalism is a bad career choice - Anonymous employee TEGNA Employee Review

2.0
Aug 6, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Plethora of markets for advancement.

Cons

The wage disparity is atrocious. Quantity of content is valued over quality. Industry as a whole relies on cheaper unskilled labor. High healthcare benefit rates. Disconnect among industry goals and actions. Low job security. Low pay.

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1.0
Jul 8, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible work environment - hybrid

Cons

Heavy workload, way below market compensation for the amount of responsibility, very limited advancement opportunities & uneven workload distribution among teams. In my experience, leadership made repeated statements about promotion opportunities in career growth that ultimately did not materialize. I felt that expectations were set that weren’t followed through on, which made it incredibly difficult to trust leadership. Transparency and follow through on career development could be significantly improved.

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