Average Age at Your Station?

[Sigonfile]

Here.....
Reporters.....late 20's to early 30's
Producers/writers....early 20's to late 20's
Engineers....mid 40's to late 50's
Studio.........mid 50's
Photogs.......mid 30's to mid 60's
Front office..mid 20's to early 30's
Management...Mid 50's

[TVMattNYC]

At the network:

Reporters.....late 30s to 60s.
Assistant/Associate Producers ... early 20s to early 30s.
Full Producers ... 30s to 50s.
Senior Producers ... late 30s to 60s.
Writers ... early 30s to 60s.
Executive Producers ... late 30s to 60s.
Engineers ... 30s to 60s.
Studio ... 30s to 60s.
Photogs ... 40s to 60s.
Front office ... (???)
Management ... 40s to 70s.

[ISTHISTHINGON?]

Floor crew: low 20's
Photogs: 20s-low 30's
Producers: 20s-low 30's
ND:mid to upper 30's
Anchors: 33-upper 30's

***note:Ages may be skewed, as some in the newsroom have been 34 for a few years.:shifty:

[Gil]

Ha.

Reporters/photographers/producers - early 20s, none older
Anchors - 30s
News director - 30s
Traffic/business office - 40s
Sales folks - 40s and 50s
GM and Chief Engineer and Business Manager - 60s

[Roy Hobbs]

At the network:

Reporters.....late 30s to 60s.
Assistant/Associate Producers ... early 20s to early 30s.
Full Producers ... 30s to 50s.
Senior Producers ... late 30s to 60s.
Writers ... early 30s to 60s.
Executive Producers ... late 30s to 60s.
Engineers ... 30s to 60s.
Studio ... 30s to 60s.
Photogs ... 40s to 60s.
Front office ... (???)
Management ... 40s to 70s.
And one or two deer-in-the-headlights look anchors:
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[TokenWhiteGirl]

Reporters.....mid-late 20's. One in early 30's
Producers/writers....mid 20's only
Engineers....mid 40s
Studio.........you mean production? mostly early-mid 20s. directors in mid-late 30s
Photogs.......late 20's-late 30s. One is 55+
Front office....50ish
Management...old enough to annoy the piss out of me

[Another side]

If there's any pattern showing (network aside) it's that producers are younger than the reporters.

I can't see how that's a good thing for local news operations, particularly in producer-driven newsrooms. There's just no news experience there.

[ISTHISTHINGON?]

If there's any pattern showing (network aside) it's that producers are younger than the reporters.

I can't see how that's a good thing for local news operations, particularly in producer-driven newsrooms. There's just no news experience there.
No kidding. The near future looks to have many many stations, major affiliates, that look like college stations.:(

[JoshNYNews]

Here...
Reporters...Mostly all in early-mid 20s...two in 30s, 1 in 50s.
Producers....early 20's to late 20s
Photogs.......mid 20s to mid 50s
Desk...early 20s to 30.
Management...Assistant ND is early 30s, ND/GM is 51.

[Audacity]

News Director - late 30s
Producers- 42-53
Anchors - 30-50
Reporters - late 20s-mid 40s
GM - 55
Engineers - 40-65
Photogs - 20s - 40

[s'news]

If there's any pattern showing (network aside) it's that producers are younger than the reporters.

I can't see how that's a good thing for local news operations, particularly in producer-driven newsrooms. There's just no news experience there.

For you youngsters out there, there was a time when producers were the same age as reporters, or older. It seems like (leans back in chair) just yesterday.

No, it was many years ago.

And at the risk of seeming sexist, they used to be middle-age guys and now are often 20-something girls.

[Quagmire]

GM-55
ND-38
Producers-mid twenties to 40s
reporters-mid twenties to 35
engineers-40's to 60's
photogs-20's-30's

mid market legacy station.

I started in the last few years of when a step up from the 140's was to go to a 100's, then the 60's, so on and so forth. The last five years have really been when the middle markets started hiring no experience folks, etc.

[ISTHISTHINGON?]

The last five years have really been when the middle markets started hiring no experience folks, etc.
I agree. Exactly what happened in my market. 30ish should not be considered the veteran:frustrated:

[Sultanosurf]

H-m-m. Pay scale seems about the exact same...

[Sigonfile]

Television rule # 49
Your pay should always be more than your age. If it begins to flip flop....time to find a new career, cause you are just spinning your wheels.:confused: