You Missed the Point....

WNYW Anchor Bianca Peters posted a video of her using hairspray and getting ready to go on set.

It was certainly not the most exciting video, but Peters writes, “Everyone thinks being a news anchor is glamorous… until they realize the job started with making barely more than minimum wage and doing everything you could just to stay in the game.”

She then talked about how she started her fist job making just $30,000 and how there was, “no glam squads, no fancy wardrobe budget, no picture-perfect anchor desk moments—just early mornings, bad lighting, cheap makeup, and figuring it out.”

She then writes, “The “glamorous” part usually comes after a lot of unglamorous work.”

But, most real journalists would argue that the job is, nor ever was about being “glamorous”.

Journalism is about telling other people’s stories. It’s about standing out in the rain for hours, waiting for an interview. The job is about getting dirty, to get the story.

Journalism is not supposed to be “glamorous”, no matter how much hairspray you use, or expensive makeup you put on. Journalism is about THE STORY. Full stop.