Mission: Wolf TV will provide a variety of high-quality programming primarily by and for the students at North Carolina State University and will supplement the newspaper with instantaneous, broadcast coverage. Wolf TV will give students interested in broadcast media hands-on experience in creating new, informative and entertaining programming online and through a campus cable outlet. Students will have the final say over content and will uphold the highest standards of journalistic ethics. (Approved Jan. 13, 2009)

Wolf TV History: Wolf TV was started in 1999 as a campus movie channel under the auspices of Communication Technologies Student Services and supervised by B.J. Attarian. In 2005 the decision was made to change the format of the channel from a movie channel to a student-produced content channel. In 2007 a Wolf TV student organization was formed to facilitate content creation for the channel and MSS began discussions with Student Media about transferring the responsibility of Wolf TV to Student Media. Wolf TV initially broadcast on campus channel 87. In 2010, Wolf TV commissioned its logo by David Goldstein and revamped website by Tim O’Brien.

Station managers:

• 2008-2009 — Alexander “Xander” Dale
• 2009-2010 — Ryland Clark
• 2010-2011 — Caleb Van Voorhis
• 2011-2012 — Kenny Hertling

Job descriptions

Station Manager
The station manager is the highest-ranking member of the Wolf TV staff. He is ultimately responsible for all content produced by the station. He is also the face to the outside world and must focus on the vision and future of the station. One of the most important responsibilities of the station manager is to set measurable long-term and short-term goals for the staff. He oversees all decisions made by assistant managers and has access to all work done for Wolf TV. Daily duties:

1. Supervises and manages all staff members
2. Enforces goals and deadlines
3. Serves as the official spokesperson for the staff
4. Gives final approval of all packages before they are put online or on air. Responsible for all content.
5. Approves all expenditures and employee payments
6. Assists in all aspects concerning content and appearance, including design and production
7. Maintains constant communication with staff

General duties:

1. Establishes realistic and measurable goals for the station
2. Works and meets regularly with adviser to set standards for staff
3. Meets weekly with production and news manager for critiques, training and problem solving
4. Plans in advance for crisis-management situations
5. Represents staff publicly by attending meetings of the Chancellor Liaison, Student Media Board of Directors meetings and President’s Roundtable
6. Assigns duties and creates positions not covered in job descriptions
7. Approves all hires and is primarily responsible for recruiting new staff members
8. Holds regular office hours during business hours several days per week
9. Attends and helps plan retreat and monthly training exercises
10. Holds regular general meetings for all Wolf TV Staff.
11. Attends planning meetings delegated by the Technician

Qualifications:

1. Served as staff member of Wolf TV for at least one year.
2. Demonstrated excellence in production of video.
3. Understands political forces within and outside the University
4. Extensive knowledge of desktop publishing, modular design, editing, graphics and filming
5. Proven abilities in leadership, organization and management
6. Demonstrated and promised long-term commitment to Wolf TV
7. Effective approach to crisis management
8. Proven, strong and highly evolved sense of ethical and moral integrity
9. Patience and ability to help redirect ideas
10. Understanding of Student Media’s “Code of Ethics”
11. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for working with people in and outside the N.C. State community
12. Meets minimum requirements as mandated by the Student Media Board of Directors

Assistant Managers
Wolf TV is split into two branches: news and production. Each branch has a corresponding manager. Assistant managers are responsible for generating, assigning and editing content for their assigned branches. They assist in the training of staff members in their section.

Weekly duties:

1. Meets with station manager at least once a week outside the general meeting to discuss past, future, and present projects for Wolf TV.
2. Keeps the station manager updated on all packages being done in their branch.
3. Takes responsibility for reviewing the packages
4. Works reporters to verify information such as names, numbers and accuracy of detail and make sure work is complete before deadline
5. Edits headlines and/or captions
6. Maintains constant communication with station manger
7. Assumes final responsibility for the content and readability of his respective section
8. Meets with corresponding branch members at least once a week outside general meetings to discuss specific things concerning that branch

General duties:

1. Assumes responsibility for all content in the section
2. Plans weekly assignment budgets and keeps status board up-to-date
3. Assigns stories, videos, or packages to staff members with instructions about content possibilities and, if applicable, length
4. Follows up with reporters about the status of individual assignments before deadline
5. Attends annual retreat and holds regular office hours
6. Trains staff and works to improve its reporting and writing
7. Strives to expand coverage to reflect the diversity of N.C. State and appeal to a broad base of readers
8. Is responsible for putting together packages unclaimed by other staff
9. Strives to maintain a consistently high quality of content
10. Maintains contact list of staff members and shares information with stating manager
11. Develops and maintains contact with sources appropriate to respective sections

News Manager
Includes: sports, interviews, current or future events held on or off campus, any story written about in the Technician, any package that is informational for students.

1. Goes at least once a week to the Technician’s daily planning meetings to share and learn about
   news that is going on around campus.
2. Ensures that the news branch puts out AT LEAST one news package per week.

Productions Manager
Includes: short films, movies, music, documentaries, shows, any package produced entertainment for students.

1. Part of the production manager’s job is too support the “You make it. We play it.” motto of WolfTV. The production manager is always on the lookout for students who are interested in sharing their video footage and/or talent with WolfTV. There are students who will not technically be WolfTV staff but who regularly submit packages to be considered for us by WolfTV. The production manager corresponds and helps these students. The station manager is ultimately responsible for all content on the website and channel.
2. Publishing AT LEAST one production package per week.

Producer (entry-level)
Produce and assist in production of video programs for distribution by Wolf TV. This includes camera operation and digital photography, audio recording and mixing, video editing, creating graphic keys, script writing, and interviewing.