Major Seattle drama I haven't posted about yet two incredible The Stranger reporters, Hannah Krieg & Ashley Nerbovig, have been forced to resign after a dubious "internal investigation".

If you're out of the loop, The Stranger was recently sold to new management, Brady Walkinshaw's Noisy Creek. During this process the workers formed a union.

https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-stranger-newspaper-sold-to-former-state-legislator-brady-walkinshaw

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/after-33-years-of-feisty-4-letter-coverage-seattles-stranger-is-sold/

#Seattle #TheStranger #NoisyCreek #NoisyUnion #HannahKrieg #AshleyNerbovig #Brady Walkinshaw #Portland

The Stranger newspaper sold to former state legislator Brady Walkinshaw

So, I said this was a drama well naturally there's an alleged sex scene and also some bullshit.

So evidently some people in local "political circles" heard about hot people who also exist in these circles having sex, once.

Nothing bad is alleged during this sex. Just that 3rd parties found out about it & for some reason demanded Ashely and Hannah's help with the steamy situation.

https://publicola.com/2025/01/17/two-stranger-reporters-put-on-leave-for-investigation-into-potential-ethical-violations/

#TheStranger #Seattle #RichSmith #AshleyNerbovig
#HannahKrieg #AlexisMercedesRinck

Two Stranger Reporters Put on Leave for Investigation Into Potential Ethical Violations - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett Two reporters from the Stranger—Ashley Nerbovig and Hannah Krieg—have been put on paid administrative leave pending…

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Now drama aside there's no way in hell Hannah and Ashley should be suddenly out of a job over this high school rumor.

Both have posted venmos and it would be awesome if you're able to throw these two under paid journa a few bucks and ref mastodon.

They have covered a TON of important local stories from a progressive or leftist perspective and its been very refresshing. It's a big loss for now.

https://account.venmo.com/u/hannahkriegg

https://venmo.com/u/Ashley-Nerbovig

#MutualAidRequest #HannahKrieg #AshleyNerbovig

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One series that I'm extremely upset to see The Stranger may not continue is Ashley Nerbovig's "Bad Apples" blog.

Ashley covered Seattle police abuses in a roughly monthly round up of stories that make you question why cops exist at all.

It's unclear after Ashley's forced "resignation" if The Stranger will continue this hard hitting cop abuse reporting.

Bad Apple's
https://www.thestranger.com/collections/79123321/bad-apples

All of Ashley's writing:
https://www.thestranger.com/authors/78890156/ashley-nerbovig/

#ACAB #Seattle #TheStranger #AshleyNerbovig #BadApples

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Meanwhile Hannah covered The Stranger's daily news roundup in the Slog AM and did a metric fuck-ton of on the ground reporting at protests and the daily going-ons at Seattle city hall.

With the departure of Hannh and Ashley we're basically loosing one of the absolute best publications in town for following legislature and elections news!

All of Hannah's reports:

https://www.thestranger.com/authors/61400148/hannah-krieg

#Seattle #TheStranger #SlogAM #HannahKrieg #CityHall

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