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Joey’s farewell forecast

March 2nd, 2011 joel

WSEE's Joey Stevens

The recent years in Erie media have been full of “ends of eras,” but WSEE’s Joey Stevens coming off the air in Erie seems hard to comprehend.

Three generations of Erieites are accustomed to hearing Joey’s voice and seeing his smile every day. He was the cool young jock to swooning teens in the 1970′s on WJET 1400. He was a natural to jump to TV, making the weather easy to understand, taking all of the ribbing about the snow in stride.

The team of Don Shriver, Joey Stevens, and John Evans on Action News 24 in the 1980′s and 90′s became an overwhelming force in Erie television, eventually passing the decade-long TV news leader WICU. When corporations took over Erie broadcasting, the stability of local ownership evaporated for Erie’s top news team. Evans eventually successfully ran for the State House and Shriver and Stevens went to WSEE in a gamble to bring big ratings down the dial.

Even though the results of the move were mixed, Joey Stevens connection to Erie viewers has remained strong through Wednesday night’s farewell forecast. He is a familiar friend to thousands, one of those regular guys with a great sense of humor who you gladly invited into your living room.

Joey’s move to focus solely on his Caribbean weather forecasts allows him to pull back on his workload while leaning into his growing impact on the people of the tropics. On occasion we may see him filling in on an Erie forecast, but it is appropriate today to pay him tribute for his consistency, excellence and charm.

Best wishes!

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Poll: job prospects in 2013 for comm freshmen?

August 3rd, 2009 joel

Every decade of television news was represented at the top of our poll of favorite TV anchors. At the very top was a tie between Ned McGrath of WICU and Lisa Zompa of WSEE. Ned’s cohort Hyle Richmond came in third, with WJET’s Karla Mullenax and WJET/WSEE’s Don Shriver tied for fourth.

I apologize that at the end of the week, we kept getting names for consideration that were too late for the poll. However, it was a great week of remembering the dozen’s of people who came into our living rooms over the years to keep us informed about our community.

This week we want to ask about the job market. Not today’s but four years from now. Our family has entered a new season of life as we send our oldest away to college. Although my son at one time considered following his old man into a media career, he opted for the perceived broader opportunities in education.

If you had to advise someone contemplating a career in journalism, advertising, broadcasting, public relations, new media, or corporate communications, what would you say to them? Can we even predict what the job market will be like for these fledgling writers, speakers, and designers in 2013?

On a scale from 1 to 5, what are the job prospects in 2013 for today's incoming communications majors?

  • 2: Tough - industry consolidation and massive change will have the newcomers competing with 15-year veterans for the same jobs (53%, 19 Votes)
  • 1: Poor - I don't see much future in media careers (33%, 12 Votes)
  • 5: Excellent - a communications degree gives you such a broad scope of knowledge you can use nearly anywhere (6%, 2 Votes)
  • 4: Good - Although it will be competitive, there are plenty of jobs in a wide range of fields if you have the drive to get them (6%, 2 Votes)
  • 3: OK - hopefully, if the economy comes back by then, it might be better than it is now, yet still highly competitive (2%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 36

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