Re: the simplistic argument of employment at small stations ...

[Sptseditor@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/99 2:21:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dib9 writes:

<< Agreed, but the best formula is education and work experience.  A formal 
education does give you a more broad based background that can only help you 
be a better broadcaster.  >>

Oh, I am not disagreeing with this -- the more you get into a classroom, the 
more knowledge you have. But, let's face this, it doesn't take a rocket 
scientist to work the board at a small AM and it doesn't necessarily take a 
genius to be writer. If people have the God-given talent to do their jobs 
well, an education is not necessarily as important as some companies and 
fields make it out to be.

Example: I was sports editor at a chain of newspapers for a little more than 
18 months. I'm 21 and never have had any college education, just very good 
English instructors at a small Catholic high school. I had college graduates 
working for me part-time who just didn't "get it," and didn't know how to 
write a solid newspaper story, even though they probably took numerous 
classes on sports writing, news writing, etc.

-Sean