Remember that when you go for an interview, you are not applying for a job but hiring a new boss. Make sure the fit is ok before you sign the contract. In broadcasting everyone's been fired so no one even gives it a thought. They can take away your job, but they can't take away your ability to succeed and to prosper.
I miss the old CNN. I loved Cuomo and Lemon and The Handoff. I always loved your “Lines” and CNN mostly reported about the real Donald Trump and didn’t whitewash and clean up his atrocities. During COVID they kept up the real coverage of the real deaths and the real refrigeration trucks filled with the real increasing bodies of our fellow Americans and his sick tweets (“Liberate Michigan”) and his conspiracies and “treatments”.
I feel as though once Jeff Zucker was out, CNN went downhill. I also enjoyed Cuomos handoff to Lemon! On the flip side, I am not sure how much I’d be watching even if it all went back to the way it was. Just very very disgusted with MSM in general and have found I am enjoying independent journalism much more
“We were just pawns in a broader financial and political game.”
We are all just pawns in an even broader Corporate America and US political game. Somehow we all still find a parking spot. Some of us just have to walk 100 miles to get where we’re going. 😓
Damn Chris.... everytime you write about layoffs and the job market, you bring me to tears.... I'm going to share your post on LinkedIn, where there are others that can benefit from your thoughts.
Beautifully said. And you’re absolutely right: It’s personally crushing to be laid off, but it’s rarely personal from the employer’s perspective. Whether you survive the cut or not often comes down to what cell you occupy on a spreadsheet. I just wish unemployment stigma didn’t make it so hard to get back on track.
Congratulations to Brian! One way i have heard staffing described: it is not only about getting the right people on the bus, it is about getting people into the right seats.
❤️❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I disagree with all the people who think your “craziest lines” shouldn’t be behind a pay wall, because the people who NEED to read them, won’t. But THIS! EVERYONE needs to read this. It’s brilliant, accurate, inspirational, and damn good advice.
Can you do the job? Will you do the job? Are you a good fit right now? That’s politics and that’s whether you keep/get your job.
Never, ever, ever forget that amidst those nameless, faceless Disney/CNN shareholders are lots of teacher pension funds which benefit someone’s elementary school teacher- those teachers would be justifiably ripped if they couldn’t afford to retire because their State’s media investments went south as advertisers headed for the exits and those media companies paid commentators 4x their average salary. (I have no idea what media commentators make).
Said another way, if my State’s TRS is all in TMTG whose DJT stock has been plummeting, I’d be pissed.
Mr Stelter will have to earn his job every day. Someone’s always got the Excel sheet out. Don’t forget, always be networking.
As a (modest) WBD shareholder, I hope the return of Brian Stelter is truly a step in the right direction for CNN. As an investor in multiple companies, most of them large, I firmly believe that a high quality product is what leads to high volume profits. And we only get a high quality product by hiring high quality people.
I like your commentary here Chris. Good luck in finding the right and almost forever spot you will enjoy in life. You will find as you age, that the spot you settle in should mentally challenge you, support your higher purpose in life, and, most of all, be physically comfortable as your body whispers "not there, over there, it is a softer and kinder spot."
Interesting article , I will have to say I think I rarely watch CNN, Fox News or MSNBC, there is so little actual news on them and so much commentary.
The reality is that we already know what each of them are going to say, CNN and MSNBC are pretty much going to give us the liberal gospel and Fox the conservative populist version.
I am a registered Republican but I am a proud RINO. Is it possible to govern from the middle, it seems to me that as soon as one side wins we are either told we need to kneel to the Christian cross and repeat our prayers or if the left wins we kneel to the Rainbow flag and repeat the correct pronouns. Is there a third way like Bill Clinton gave us where there is a balanced budget and progress on civil rights.
Hopefully he can continue to rely on his reliable group of 51 intelligence professionals as he evenhandedly assesses media for us. The unbiased voice we all have been pining for.
I've commented here before about my layoff in 1993. One thing I never said was that I was not just a name on a spreadsheet. I found out a few years later that I was the result of an active campaign by the person they kept (we were a department of 2). That did not make me any less valuable, it just made me a victim of a personality and her opportunity. (I also found out she started making certain demands and did not last much longer either.) There were stumbles but in the end, I did just fine. Also, Brian got to make his choice to come back, which is a good thing for him in my opinion.
Excellent. A thoughtful, thought-provoking, and inspiring piece. Thank you! (P.S. I STILL want Ciquizza back!)
ME TOO
Yes to Ciquizza!
Remember that when you go for an interview, you are not applying for a job but hiring a new boss. Make sure the fit is ok before you sign the contract. In broadcasting everyone's been fired so no one even gives it a thought. They can take away your job, but they can't take away your ability to succeed and to prosper.
As one of my mentors used to say, "The job* you seek is seeking you."
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*Or home, or partner ..
I miss the old CNN. I loved Cuomo and Lemon and The Handoff. I always loved your “Lines” and CNN mostly reported about the real Donald Trump and didn’t whitewash and clean up his atrocities. During COVID they kept up the real coverage of the real deaths and the real refrigeration trucks filled with the real increasing bodies of our fellow Americans and his sick tweets (“Liberate Michigan”) and his conspiracies and “treatments”.
I feel as though once Jeff Zucker was out, CNN went downhill. I also enjoyed Cuomos handoff to Lemon! On the flip side, I am not sure how much I’d be watching even if it all went back to the way it was. Just very very disgusted with MSM in general and have found I am enjoying independent journalism much more
This column makes us better. The return of Brian makes us better.
“We were just pawns in a broader financial and political game.”
We are all just pawns in an even broader Corporate America and US political game. Somehow we all still find a parking spot. Some of us just have to walk 100 miles to get where we’re going. 😓
Damn Chris.... everytime you write about layoffs and the job market, you bring me to tears.... I'm going to share your post on LinkedIn, where there are others that can benefit from your thoughts.
Beautifully said. And you’re absolutely right: It’s personally crushing to be laid off, but it’s rarely personal from the employer’s perspective. Whether you survive the cut or not often comes down to what cell you occupy on a spreadsheet. I just wish unemployment stigma didn’t make it so hard to get back on track.
Thanks Chris - appreciate this as I'm in month 3 of looking for a role right now! A great little inspiration today.
Congratulations to Brian! One way i have heard staffing described: it is not only about getting the right people on the bus, it is about getting people into the right seats.
❤️❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I disagree with all the people who think your “craziest lines” shouldn’t be behind a pay wall, because the people who NEED to read them, won’t. But THIS! EVERYONE needs to read this. It’s brilliant, accurate, inspirational, and damn good advice.
ALWAYS BE NETWORKING
Can you do the job? Will you do the job? Are you a good fit right now? That’s politics and that’s whether you keep/get your job.
Never, ever, ever forget that amidst those nameless, faceless Disney/CNN shareholders are lots of teacher pension funds which benefit someone’s elementary school teacher- those teachers would be justifiably ripped if they couldn’t afford to retire because their State’s media investments went south as advertisers headed for the exits and those media companies paid commentators 4x their average salary. (I have no idea what media commentators make).
Said another way, if my State’s TRS is all in TMTG whose DJT stock has been plummeting, I’d be pissed.
Mr Stelter will have to earn his job every day. Someone’s always got the Excel sheet out. Don’t forget, always be networking.
As a (modest) WBD shareholder, I hope the return of Brian Stelter is truly a step in the right direction for CNN. As an investor in multiple companies, most of them large, I firmly believe that a high quality product is what leads to high volume profits. And we only get a high quality product by hiring high quality people.
I like your commentary here Chris. Good luck in finding the right and almost forever spot you will enjoy in life. You will find as you age, that the spot you settle in should mentally challenge you, support your higher purpose in life, and, most of all, be physically comfortable as your body whispers "not there, over there, it is a softer and kinder spot."
Interesting article , I will have to say I think I rarely watch CNN, Fox News or MSNBC, there is so little actual news on them and so much commentary.
The reality is that we already know what each of them are going to say, CNN and MSNBC are pretty much going to give us the liberal gospel and Fox the conservative populist version.
I am a registered Republican but I am a proud RINO. Is it possible to govern from the middle, it seems to me that as soon as one side wins we are either told we need to kneel to the Christian cross and repeat our prayers or if the left wins we kneel to the Rainbow flag and repeat the correct pronouns. Is there a third way like Bill Clinton gave us where there is a balanced budget and progress on civil rights.
Okay but Fox just doesn’t give a conservative spin, if only. It lies and deceives.
Hopefully he can continue to rely on his reliable group of 51 intelligence professionals as he evenhandedly assesses media for us. The unbiased voice we all have been pining for.
I've commented here before about my layoff in 1993. One thing I never said was that I was not just a name on a spreadsheet. I found out a few years later that I was the result of an active campaign by the person they kept (we were a department of 2). That did not make me any less valuable, it just made me a victim of a personality and her opportunity. (I also found out she started making certain demands and did not last much longer either.) There were stumbles but in the end, I did just fine. Also, Brian got to make his choice to come back, which is a good thing for him in my opinion.