As a TV news anchor, reporter, meteorologist, or sports reporter, you’ve done all the necessary footwork to find the perfect TV news talent agent.
But just how perfect is he or she?
Do you feel that sharing goals with your TV news talent agent is something you can do? Or is your agent more interested in getting you a showy placement than listening to what you really want?
You Want to Be In a Place That Fits You
It’s not unusual for you, as a talented TV news personality, to be faced with the possibility of multiple job offers. When this happens, you can lose sight of what you truly want. Especially because for so long, big markets like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago were the benchmarks of success.
But perhaps you don’t want to live in these cities. They’re just not places where you, for whatever reason, would thrive. If you’re working with an unscrupulous news talent agent, they may try to convince you that you do want to live in these big market cities because it looks better on his or her resume to place you there.
The problem is, if you’re not feeling connected with the place where you live, you could be the top TV news personality in New York City and wonder why you feel so alone.
You’re entitled to your goals and dreams. Regardless of how they may go up against old-school notions of what it means to ‘make it.’ And if your agent doesn’t understand that, you may want to start considering a new one.
The Importance of Sharing Goals with Your TV News Talent Agent
You should feel free to share your goals with your agent so that they can work to help you achieve that goal. Regardless of their opinion of your goal. General assignment reporter Shawnte Passmore can attest to this.
Passmore is a native of Southern California who graduated in 2010 with a degree in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach.
Around nine years ago, she went to Detroit for the National Association of Black Journalists convention. At the time, she was a general assignment reporter at KMTV in Omaha, Nebraska – after several years of working as a reporter and journalist in southern California.
It was at this convention that Passmore met her agent for the first time. After having dinner at a local sushi spot, she shared with him that she thought Detroit would be a great place to live – which was an unusual thing to say back then. But there was something about the city that moved her.
Her agent never forgot those words.
Making the Dream a Reality
Of course, her agent wasn’t able to land her a job in Detroit right away. But with her talent and his connections, she was able to keep moving up the ranks. She spent three years as a reporter/anchor desk fill-in at WFSB-TV in Hartford, followed by two years at CBS-owned and operated KOVR-TV in Sacramento, California.
All that time, her agent worked diligently to get her to the place where she really wanted to be. Today, she is one of the newest members of WDIV-TV in Detroit. By sharing her dream, she’d planted that seed in her agent’s mind. And now she’s working in the 13th largest market in the country.
Which suits her perfectly.
Ready for a TV News Talent Agent Who Cares?
If sharing goals with your TV news talent agent seems a ridiculous idea, it’s time to hit the ‘refresh’ button.
Contact us today to switch to a highly experienced and connected agent whose priority is your happiness.
It’s your life. You deserve to be listened to and honored.
