A Pittsburgh newspaper is facing widespread criticism from reporters after its editors were accused of preventing two black reporters from covering protests over the death of George Floyd…
A Pittsburgh newspaper is facing widespread criticism from reporters after its editors were accused of preventing two black reporters from covering protests over the death of George Floyd and barring further coverage of the demonstrations after they pushed back.
Reporter Alexis Johnson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said in a statement that she was removed from the day’s protest coverage last Monday after editors took issue with a tweet she posted comparing damage caused by some demonstrators to widespread vandalism and littering caused by concert attendees.
Johnson said in a statement released by the Pittsburgh Newspaper Guild, a union representing local journalists, that editors informed her that she would be removed from coverage of the protests due to a perceived bias. Michael Santiago, a black photojournalist at the newspaper, told the News Times that he had been barred from coverage as well.
