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Suri Cruise
Dec 2nd 2006, 07:16 PM
Anyone out there have a ballpark figure on what writers make at CNN? Not necessarily writers on a main show like AC 360, Lou Dobbs and the like. More in the area of writers for the general dayside or weekend newscasts.

Thanks!
Down The Highway
Dec 2nd 2006, 08:05 PM
Not to hijack, but watching the WV game tonight made me remember when AC was on during the trapped miners story. Watching the horror develop as the lady told him that the miners were in fact dead and the wrong information was given out originally was one of the most gut wrenching things I have seen. One of the few times that live TV was really worth it.
Tripe Face
Dec 2nd 2006, 09:23 PM
Originally posted by Suri Cruise:
Anyone out there have a ballpark figure on what writers make at CNN? Not necessarily writers on a main show like AC 360, Lou Dobbs and the like. More in the area of writers for the general dayside or weekend newscasts.

Thanks!Mid to High 5 figures.
product of communism
Dec 3rd 2006, 04:13 PM
Originally posted by Tripe Face:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Suri Cruise:
Anyone out there have a ballpark figure on what writers make at CNN? Not necessarily writers on a main show like AC 360, Lou Dobbs and the like. More in the area of writers for the general dayside or weekend newscasts.

Thanks!Mid to High 5 figures.</font>[/QUOTE]At CNN?

I always heard they paid super low... and that it was difficult to survive in Atlanta on their wages... but that's just what I've heard, from people who used to work there...
Produce man
Dec 3rd 2006, 04:20 PM
An endless supply of bananas and deodorant.
mountain guru
Dec 3rd 2006, 09:44 PM
CNN WRITER?

Isn't that an oxymoron?
Roy Hobbs
Dec 3rd 2006, 11:41 PM
Originally posted by Suri Cruise:
Anyone out there have a ballpark figure on what writers make at CNN? \
Thanks!http://www.wackyneighbor.com/images/stephen_stucker.gif

Well they can make a brooch...or a cap..or be a peterodactyl!!!
mountain guru
Dec 4th 2006, 12:47 AM
I picked a bad night to stop posting!

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writer2
Dec 5th 2006, 12:37 AM
Less than mid-five figures. I worked there. Of course, it depends on a lot of factors. I started at the bottom as a Video Journalist, which meant (at the time) chasing tapes and ripping scripts. You don't want to know my starting salary.

[ December 05, 2006, 01:39 AM: Message edited by: writer2 ]