LAUREN MICHELSON has been the sports director of KLKN-TV Channel 8 in Lincoln since May 2022. She is the weeknight sports anchor who shoots, produces, writes and delivers sports at least five days a week. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri journalism school. We talk about getting a career started, being a woman in a male-dominated business, the absolute joy she has in the work, and much more.
SHOW NOTES:
:00 Introduction –examples of her work - greetings and welcome
2:40 How did you end up in Lincoln, Nebraska?
4:05 What have you learned about Nebraska and Nebraska football?
5:50 Do you feel like you’ve needed to know the history of Nebraska football?
8:00 What kind of advice did you get when you took the job?
9:10 How do you keep enthusiasm every day
10:45 How have you been treated by the local media, including competitors?
12:00 When did you first think you might want to be a sportscaster?
15:00 When did the light go on for you at Mizzou?
16:40 What is a typical week for you?
19:00 How much better at this are you now after a little more than a year?
21:15 What do you enjoy most about this job, this work?
22:30 Managing the journalism and the performance aspects of the job
24:00 Being a woman in a male-dominated business
26:10 It’s empowering to be a woman in a male-dominated field
27:30 What would you tell the teenage Lauren?
29:20 Do you ever get disrespectful comments? (says yes in person and on social media) and how do you deal with it?
30:40 Shrader opines and offers advice regarding a woman’s place in the business [based on his experience]
31:45 Where do you want this career to go?
33:00 And the start of the goodbye
