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Erin Overbey and the New Yorker

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Neutral Corner, Jul 25, 2022.

  1. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    The suits got to you!
     
  2. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    Let 'er rip, tater chip. ;)
     
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  3. Sports Barf

    Sports Barf Well-Known Member

    And apparently has the maturity of someone who’s been in that system for 3
     
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  4. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    240-character resignation letter.
     
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  5. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    The threads picking apart women's experiences and questioning their motivations seem to come around earlier every year.
     
  6. Hot and Rickety

    Hot and Rickety Active Member

    "Specifically, seven sources close to the New Yorker told Gawker that Overbey’s version of events excluded critical context — namely, that each of her threads occurred after internal issues related to her conduct with colleagues, and that Overbey’s relationship with the union, on which her grievance now relies, has been fraught for the past year over some of the same subjects she claimed to have spoken up about. All seven sources also noted that Overbey’s threads had consistently taken magazine staff by surprise, because she has almost everyone in the newsroom — including high-ranking writers, young women, staffers of color, and the majority of the union membership — blocked on Twitter."

    How Erin Overbey Threw the New Yorker Into Turmoil
     
  7. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    1. Things are not what they seem? Oh. Color me shocked.

    2. Gawker is still around, or has returned? Or didn't die and is regenerating? I didn't know.
     
  8. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    Damn. This part hits hard ...

    In this case, the source said, frustration with Overbey’s workplace behavior has left little energy to mobilize any public support. “Look, I don't think you can find a single example of anyone who currently works at The New Yorker speaking up for Erin,” a colleague added. “And I think that probably says it all.”
     
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  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

     
  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    thread

     
  11. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Don’t people write actual open letters anymore or even a Medium/Substack post? Seems like that has more permanence than sending out a paragraph at a time like you are cabling back war news from the trenches via Western Union.
     
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  12. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

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