MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
New York Post senior reporter Austin Fenner was fired from the paper on November 9, the same day that a former colleague, Sandra Guzman , filed a discrimination suit against the Rupert Murdoch -owned paper. This week, Fenner, who is black, leveled his own allegations against the Post , filing suit yesterday is U.S. District Court in Manhattan. And there is more of a connection between...
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Earlier this month former editor Sandra Guzman sued the New York Post for being an alleged hellhole of racism and sexism . Today, a recently fired reporter filed a lawsuit claiming he was "banned" from the newsroom for being black. Austin Fenner , a 20-year veteran reporter, was fired on November 9th, the same day as Guzman
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
On the same day in November that former New York Post editor Sandra Guzman filed a lawsuit accusing the tabloid of ignoring racist and sexual harassment, the paper fired a black reporter named Austin Fenner, who had worked at the city desk. Now Fenner's filed his own lawsuit (using Guzman's lawyer) alleging that he was subject to unfair employment practices, unlawful retaliation,...
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Nine months later, that cartoon likening President Obama to a dead chimpanzee continues to plague the New York Post . Yesterday, another former reporter sued the tabloid for racial discrimination, citing the cartoon as evidence that the paper discriminates against its black reporters. Austin Fenner, a black reporter who was fired on November 10--the same day former editor Sandra Guzman...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Austin Fenner, a former report for the New York Post , lost his job at the paper back on November 10th, the same day that Sandra Guzman filed a lawsuit calling the Post 's newsroom "a hostile work environment where female employees and employees of color have been subjected to pervasive and systemic discrimination and/or unlawful harassment based on their gender, race, color and/or...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The New York Post is embroiled in another racism controversy. Austin Fenner , an African-American journalist, alleges that he was fired from the paper after complaining about racist coverage. His claim comes after another former editorial staff member, Sandra Guzman , who is from an Hispanic background, announced that she was suing the paper over her own dismissal, claiming to have been...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Earlier this month former editor Sandra Guzman sued the New York Post for being an alleged hellhole of racism and sexism. Today, a recently fired reporter filed a lawsuit claiming he was "banned"...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Earlier this month former editor Sandra Guzman sued the New York Post for being an alleged hellhole of racism and sexism. Today, a recently fired reporter filed a lawsuit claiming he was "banned"...
