Annual EEO Public File Report WMDT-TV 47 IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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1 Annual EEO Public File Report WMDT-TV 47 IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Coverage Period: June 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014 Station s Comprising Station Employment Unit: WMDT-TV 47, Salisbury, Maryland Section 1: Vacancy Information Full-time Positions Filled by Job Title Date of Hire Recruitment Source of Hiree Managing Director 6/10/13 WMDT Web Site Master Control Operator 7/10/13 Internal Promotion News Photographer (2) 7/29/13-8/26/13 (2) WMDT Web Site Meteorologist 9/9/13 WMDT Web Site Commercial Production Editor (2) 11/6/13-11/29/13 (2) WMDT Web Site Digital Media Director 1/20/14 WMDT Web Site News Producer 2/19/14 TV Jobs Account Executive 1/27/14 WMDT Web Site News Editor/Graphic Designer 2/16/14 WMDT Web Site News Editor/Studio Technician 2/16/14 WMDT Web Site News Photographer (2) 2/20/14-3/6/14 1-TV Jobs 1-WMDT Web Site Sports Reporter 4/21/14 WMDT Web Site 4/7/14 TV Jobs Digital Producer 3/25/14 WMDT Web Site Studio Technician/Fill-In Technical 4/1/14 Director WMDT Web Site Total Number of Persons Interviewed During Applicable Period: 69 1

2 Section 2: Recruitment Source Information Recruitment Source (Company, Address, Telephone #, Contact Person) Total Number of Interviewees This Source Has Provided During this Period (If Any) Full-time Positions For Which Source Was Utilized Ms. Jessica Mimms 0 All Positions Big Brother/Big Sisters Greater Salisbury Bldg-200 W. Main St. Salisbury, MD ext.311 jmimms@biglittle.org Mr. Norman Brooks 0 All Positions Broadcaster Institute of MD 7200 Hartford Road Baltimore, MD nb@bim.org Ms. Claire Persichilli City College 0 All Positions 1401 W. Cypress Creek Road Fort Lauderdale, FL cpersichilli@citycollege.edu Ms. Kim Dickow 0 None Daily Times / Gannett / Career Builder.com 618 Beam Street Salisbury, MD kdickow@gannett.com Ms. Daneisha Allen 0 Delaware State - Career Place 1200 North Dupont Highway Dover, DE dcallen@desu.edu All Positions 2

3 Mr. Al Hopkins 0 All Positions Dept. of Labor, Job Bank P.O. Box 616 Dover, DE ahopkins@state.de.usn Mr. James Pacer 0 All Positions Dover AFB, Family Support 436thMSS/DPF-263 Chad St, 1 st Dover, DE james.pacer@dover.af.mil Ms. Lynn LePore 0 All Positions Goldey Beacom College-Placement 4701 Limestone Road Wilmington, DE careers@gbc.edu Ms. Carol Dudley 0 Howard Uni.-School of Comm. 525 Bryant Street, N.W. Washington, DC cdudley@howard.edu All Positions Ms. Robin Walker Joseph 0 MD Dept. of Econ & Empl Deve. 917 Mt. Hermon Road, Suite 1 Salisbury, MD ext. 112 rwalker@dllr.state.md.us All Positions Ms. Gail Summerville Maryland, DC, Delaware Broadcasters Assn. 0 All Positions 1 E. Chase Street - Suite 1130 Baltimore, MD info@mdcdbroadcasters.com 3

4 Mr. Mark Shilstone Meteorologist Medialine 0 Sports Reporter P.O. Box Pacific Grove, CA News Photographer Sports Reporter medialine@medialine.com Ms. Mary Ashanti N.A.A.C.P. 0 All Positions P.O. Box 1047 Salisbury, MD wcnaacpbranch7028@yahoo.com Ms. Rebecca Emery Salisbury University 1 All Positions SU Placement Services Salisbury, MD raemery@salisbury.edu Mr. Leo McNeil 0 All Positions Shore Up! Inc. P.O. Box 430 Salisbury, MD ext. 321 lmcneil@shoreup.org 4

5 Mr. Mark Holloway 20 Managing Director TVJobs/Broadcast Employment Serv. Meteorologist P.O. Box 4116 News Photographer Oceanside, CA Commercial Production Editor Digital Media Director News Producer Studio Technician/Fill in Technical Director Account Executive News Editor/Graphic Designer News Editor/ Studio Technician Sports Reporter Digital Producer Ms. Theresa Queenan 0 All Positions University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Placement Services Princess Anne, MD ext tqueenan@mail.umes.edu Ms. Christine McDermott Wesley College-Placement Service 0 All Positions 120 North State Street Dover, DE mcdermch@wesley.edu Ms. Elaine Haggerty 44 WMDT-47 Website, Newsletter, Bulletin Boards, Face Book, & Twitter P.O. Box 4009 Salisbury, MD ext. 340 wmdt@wmdt.com All Positions WMDT Station Web Site Click Through 12/31/13-1/23/14 Digital Media Director 5

6 Ms. Lori Smoot 0 All Positions Wor-Wic Community College Campus Drive Salisbury, MD lsmoot@worwic.edu Ms. Rhonda Tuman 0 All Positions DE Technical & Community College Route 18 Georgetown, DE rtuman@dtcc.edu Ms. Jennifer Idzi 0 All positions Bethany/Fenwick Chamber of Commerce Coastal Highway Fenwick, DE ext. 12 Jennifer@bethany-fenwick.org Ms. Lisa Dennis 0 Digital Media Director Ocean City Chamber of Commerce News Producer Ocean Gateway Account Executive Ocean City, MD News Editor/Graphic Designer News Editor/Studio Technician lisa@oceancity.org News Photographer Sports Reporter Digital Producer Studio Technician/Fill-In Technical Director Mr. Michael Bille 0 Sports Reporter Collective Talent

7 Maslow Media Group 0 None 2233 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 400 Washington DC postagig@tvgigsonline.com Maryland Film Commission 0 None marylandfilm.org/hotline.htm Academy of Art University 0 None jobs.academyart.edu/job_listings.html Brian Dragonnuk 0 None dragonukconnects.com/browse_jobposts.php Craig s List 0 None Craigslist.org Mr. Kevin Andrade 0 Digital Media Director WJWL/WXSH Radio News Producer Spanish Radio Station Account Executive News Editor/Graphic Designer kevin@maxima900.com News Editor/Studio Technician News Photographer Sports Reporter Digital Producer Studio Technician/Fill-In Technical Director Radio & Television Business Report 0 Digital Media Director April McLynn News Producer P.O. Box 6633 Account Executive Woodbridge, VA News Editor/Graphic Designer News Photographer rbr.com/classifieds/submit-a-media-job/ Digital Producer 7

8 TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERVIEWEES 69 Included in this total number of persons interviewed during applicable period we had 1 internal promotion (which resulted from a full recruitment effort). Also included total number of persons interviews during applicable period we had 3 from Job Fairs. * Asterisk notes recruitment sources which requested job notification announcements. (none) 8

9 Section 3: Supplemental Outreach Activities to Community speaking engagements regarding career opportunities in broadcasting General outreach efforts are bolstered by public speaking engagements by staff which includes, but is not limited to schools, civic and church organizations and area colleges. This year s engagements include: In addition our weather department did training for individuals for weathercaster wannabee segments; 1 training on each of the following dates: July 3; July 15 ; September 3; September 29; October 29; November 6; November 24; December 16; January 12; March 27; April 13 Our Chief Meteorologist hosted job shadowing for a meteorology student from Virginia Tech 1X per week since March 4 th. Also, our Chief Meteorologist had a student from Delmar High School shadow him on April 24 th. One of our meteorologists went to Northwestern Elementary in Mardella Springs to give a weather presentation on May 23 rd. On September 11 th one of our anchors spoke to the Salisbury Sunrise Rotary Club about her career in broadcasting. On October 16 th one of our anchors spoke at Prince Street Elementary to media students. On October 22 nd one of our meteorologists did a weather presentation at North Salisbury Elementary School. On October 24 th 2 of our anchors served on a Media Panel at Salisbury University topic- Challenge of the Media. On November 14 th one of our anchors visited Holly Grove Christian School in Westover, MD for a discussion on Journalism. On March 11 th one of our anchors participated in a panel discussion on successful African American women by Delta Gems at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. On April 3 rd one of our anchors emceed the Libraries Light of Literacy event On April 23 rd one of our anchors spoke at University of Maryland Eastern Shore during the Administrative Assistant Day program. On May 1 st one of our anchors spoke at the 34 th Annual Herman Franklin Paraprofessional Program Appreciation Banquet. On May 2 nd one of our reporters spoke to students at Fruitland Intermediate School about broadcasting careers. Students from a class at Salisbury University came to our station to observe our broadcast and meet with our anchors. They observed on the following dates and specific newscast: October 30 noon November 7 6 PM November 8 noon November 13 6 PM November 14 6 PM November 25 6 PM April 3 6 PM April noon May noon 9

10 2. Station Tours The station provided tours of the studio. These groups had the opportunity to watch the noon newscast live and meet with the anchor and meteorologist as part of their tour. The following came to the station this year: October 23 Prince Street Elementary On March 24 a group of 12 cub scouts came to the station and took a tour of the following departments- Master control, studio, news room, and weather center. (they were given the opportunity to work with our Chief Meteorologist giving them experience with our green screen.) On May 15 media broadcasting students from Sussex Tech High School came to the station for a tour. 3. Internship Program The station provides year round news, weather, and production internship programs for college students. These programs are designed to assist students interested in pursuing a career in broadcasting. In this reporting year, we accepted students from Towson University, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, and University of Maryland, College Park. Our internships are for credit only. Summer 2013 Spring students (news) 1 student (news) 4. Job Fairs We participated in various job fairs during this reporting year. Each was attended by station personnel who have substantial responsibilities in making hiring decisions. Job fairs included: Salisbury University September 25, 2013 attended by News Director Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce Job Fair at Centre at Salisbury October 23, 2013 attended by General Manager and Sales Manager Delaware State University October 24, 2013 attended by News Director and Production Manager Salisbury University February 26, 2014 attended by News Director and Digital Media Director University of Maryland Eastern Shore February 27, 2014 attended by General Manager and Local Sales Manager Sussex Academy of Arts & Sciences March 29, 2014 attended by Sales Manager and Local Sales Manager 10

11 5. Training regarding equal employment opportunities and discrimination prevention The station provides on-going training to all station personnel, including those at management level, designed to ensure equal employment opportunities and to prevent discrimination and harassment. The video is titled Sexual Harassment: A Commonsense Approach. All employees are required to view this video. Dates and times offered this reporting year are: June 12, 2013 June 24, 2013 June 26, 2013 September 25, 2013 September 30, 2013 March 19, :00 AM and 3:00 PM 3 PM 2 PM 9 AM and 2:30 PM 3:30 PM 9 AM and 2 PM It Takes All Kinds Diversity in the Workplace. The employees are required to view this video that breaks down the workplace stereotypes and teaches the value of a diverse staff. The dates and times for this are: June 12, 2013 June 13, 2013 June 24, 2013 June 26, 2013 September 25, 2013 September 26, 2013 September 30, 2013 March 19, Staff Training 3 PM 9 AM and 3 PM 3 PM 2 PM 9:30 AM 9 AM and 2:30 PM 9 AM 9:30 AM and 2:30 PM The station has a policy of promoting from within and therefore offers many internal cross training opportunities. The training programs are designed to enable station personnel to acquire skills that could qualify them for higher level positions. In this reporting year the station has trained and promoted internally the following positions: -Editor to Editor/Graphic Designer -Studio Tech/Editor to Studio Tech/Back Up Director -Studio Tech to Producer -Photographer to Editor -Meteorologist to Chief Meteorologist -Part-Time Meteorologist to Meteorologist On Air Notice: Organizations that regularly distribute information about employment opportunities to job seekers or refer job seekers to employers may request WMDT-TV to provide them with information about full-time openings at the station. Such requests must include the organization s name, mailing address, address if applicable, telephone number and contact person, and identify the category or categories of job openings for which it requests notices. Requests should be directed to General Manager, WMDT-TV, and P.O. Box 4009, Salisbury, MD We appreciate your organization s help in publicizing our job openings! WMDT-TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 11