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Tension at The Washington Post

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Alma, Jun 28, 2020.

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  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    But activism
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 10, 2022
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  2. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member


    I don't disagree with you. But you and I were raised to believe - and believe in - a pretty specific definition of that word.

    Younger workers are struggling to find their own updated standards of 'professionalism.' In your field and mine.

    Which leads some of them to question the legacy standards of the institutions employing them.

    I don't know that they're right, but their skepticism isn't altogether misplaced.
     
    Azrael, Jun 10, 2022
    #50
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  3. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    In my experience - only that - folks under, say, 25 currently - the ones who really grew up with social media - are a quite different than millennials on social media.
     
    Alma, Jun 10, 2022
    #51
  4. Tarheel316

    Tarheel316 Well-Known Member

    Addition by subtraction …
     
    Tarheel316, Jun 10, 2022
    #52
  5. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    She’ll make 10x her salary off the upcoming lawsuit.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Jun 10, 2022
    #53
  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    NYT story said it was by email.
     
    MileHigh, Jun 10, 2022
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  7. sgreenwell

    sgreenwell Well-Known Member

    Human history is kind of marked by cycles of bunching up together for X years, and then one group saying "fuck this" and splitting off Y years later. It's kind of hard to claim the web destroyed our civil society when like the Boston desegregation riots happened in 1974, about 10 years before I was born. This shit has always been there, it's just been easier to ignore or to claim ignorance on.
     
    sgreenwell, Jun 10, 2022
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  8. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    Hahaha. Acceptable, in this case.

    But it shoulda been via Twitter!
     
    Slacker, Jun 10, 2022
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  9. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Since it was coming from "the fossils," a Facebook message would have been more apropos.
     
    doctorquant, Jun 10, 2022
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  10. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Reporter Felicia Sonmez Is Fired by The Washington Post

    Ms. Sonmez was fired over email on Thursday afternoon, according to one of the people. In an emailed termination letter, which was viewed by The New York Times, Ms. Sonmez was told that The Post was ending her employment, effective immediately, “for misconduct that includes insubordination, maligning your co-workers online and violating The Post’s standards on workplace collegiality and inclusivity.”

    The email, from Wayne Connell, the Post’s chief human resources officer, also said Ms. Sonmez’s “public attempts to question the motives of your co-journalists” undermined The Post’s reputation.
     
    MileHigh, Jun 10, 2022
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  11. WriteThinking

    WriteThinking Well-Known Member

    I'm sure cases like this have already occurred, but this seems a really modern/changing iteration to me: Would a firing by email actually stand up in court? Against, say, a lawsuit?

    It just seems like something that should, and would need to, be done in person, with final closures and signatures (or refusals), etc. I know there can be job abandonment by an employee that can lead to/justify a termination. But I'm not sure that really works, in reverse, does it?
     
    WriteThinking, Jun 10, 2022
    #59
  12. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    Don't go Baron on us, Doc.
     
    Slacker, Jun 10, 2022
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