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Bad place to work - Reporter Forum Communications Employee Review

2.0
Feb 20, 2018
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Pros

Biggest newspaper in region. Easy to get wide readership of your work.

Cons

Don't believe how Forum Communications promotes itself. It may be family owned but it acts like a big corporation. It cares only about money and starves its newsroom. It has too few reporters to cover a metro area of Fargo's size. The editor is arrogant and thinks he's always right. Nobody respects him. The news editor is unwilling to disagree with him. They have little faith in their reporters. Reporters with ambition or principles don't stay long. It's not a fun place to work. And the health insurance was the worst I've ever had, worse than ACA coverage.

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Pros

Forum cares about good journalism.

Cons

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3.0
Oct 22, 2025
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Pros

Decent pay, Okay work environment, very flexible schedule

Cons

Weird hours, management could be better, not much room for growth. Overall, there are worse news organizations to work for. But there's always this element of "doing less with more" and definitely disagreements within management on what direction the company is going. The pay is definitely falling quickly out of line with even industries standards (that aren't high to begin with)

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