Pivoting to photojournalism as a still photographer

Hi everyone. I recently graduated college with a degree in journalism and photography from one of the largest media markets in the country and am looking to stay in media with my first role. Obviously I can’t stay in my city (Chicago) with my level of experience, so I’m looking at more midsized markets across the country. In school I was a still photographer at my college’s paper and I worked an internship filming and editing vosots and live shots and writing scripts at a tv station in a small station outside the city for a summer.

I recently got an interview for a photojournalist position in a mid sized market and am wondering what the exact workload will be. At my internship, i was basically a stand in for full time reporters, so I had to teach myself how to edit and write scripts/interview subjects. That being said, i never produced any packages as that was something only the full time reporters did. Do photographers in larger markets perform interviews? Are they tied with reporters all the time? I think I just dealt with rough management at the station I was at, so I’m a bit lost at the exact job I should expect when preparing for this interview. Apologies for the long winded question, but any advice would be greatly appreciated!