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Phoenix New Times / Josh Kelety / Apr 29, 2021
“Some employees have moved on to jobs at other media outlets, including top-tier publications: reporter Angel Mendoza is now a social media editor for the Washington Post, for example, and education reporter Lily Altavena went to the Detroit Free Press. Why others left the paper isn’t as clear. Insiders cite factors such as low pay, burnout, a toxic work environment created by the paper’s executive editor, Greg Burton, gender and race-based pay disparities, and management’s allegedly superficial commitment to diversifying its staff and supporting women and people of color in the newsroom.”
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