StacyKess#News #DisabilityNews #NewsInTheNews #PressNews — In #WestVirginia, apparently, if a local #PublicRadio reporter covers government agencies doing everything they can to not do their jobs — especially when it comes to #disabled people — she will lose her press credentials and her job. For those not following, this is what real #FirstAmendment interference looks like.
https://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2022/12/public-broadcasting-reporter-released-after-dhhr-pressure/
https://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2022/12/public-broadcasting-reporter-released-after-dhhr-pressure/
Public Broadcasting reporter released after DHHR pressure
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Public Broadcasting has parted ways with one of its reporters after alleged retaliation from WVPB operational management and pressure from the Department of Health and Human Resources. According to Amelia Knisely, a part-time reporter whose beat included public health, WVPB told her that her services were no longer required in a […]