5 Questions for…MSNBC’s Raelyn Johnson on Her Weekend Duties

3. The previous couple of weekends have been heavy on breaking information. What was the newsroom like throughout that interval?

Huge breaking information tales convey all of us collectively. There’s no technique to do what we do with out teamwork. Whereas the information might occur on a Saturday or Sunday, so many individuals and reporters elevate their fingers, textual content, and even run to the constructing as a result of they need to be part of the massive story. It’s a crew sport, making certain every present and anchor strikes the story ahead and continuously updates our viewers. You may actually inform the mark of a protracted weekend by Sunday, when producers are attempting to determine if the pizza outdoors the management room is dinner or breakfast. Typically it’s each. 

4. With MSNBC set to separate from the NBCUniversal Information Group, what have been among the complexities you may have encountered throughout this transition? 

I’ve been with this community for 10 years this fall, and I’ve been uncovered to so many sides of the enterprise and labored on some unbelievable tasks with NBC Information and MSNBC. These alternatives have helped me develop into a greater journalist, mentor, and supervisor. Change may be laborious, however additionally it is a chance. I see an unbelievable alternative on the horizon. We’re rising and exhibiting up for our viewers. 

We’re constructing one thing from the bottom up, with the enter of our colleagues. Everybody has had a voice in what’s working, what we’d love to do in a different way, and there’s a actual sense of being in charge of our personal future. 

5. What’s the smartest thing about your job?

The individuals. There’s nothing like watching an inquisitive intern begin their first job after commencement at MSNBC. It means we’re doing one thing proper. To see the primary particular person you employed work their technique to develop into a senior producer. Plus, all the brand new expertise now we have on deck, watching them develop into the very best model of themselves.  

Bonus query – Are weekend hours grueling?

It’s not simple on the eyelashes, I’ll say that. Nevertheless it’s price all of the winks I get on Monday. 

It’s additionally the best excuse for my 11-year-old to pressure a visit to Sephora on me. As a result of certainly mommy wants eye patches, however does she…