Your Moral and Intellectual Superiors:
UPDATE: The Star‘s public editor Kathy English wrote about Raveena Aulakh’s suicide and the aftermath in a post late Tuesday. “I have never seen anything like the level of grief and anger exploding here,” she wrote.
Pop Goes The News — Tongues are wagging at the Toronto Star following the sudden death of one of its journalists and the departure of two of its senior editors.
At the centre of the story is environmental reporter Raveena Aulakh, who reportedly took her own life in late May.
According to sources, Aulakh was despondent about the end of her relationship with an editor at The Star after she allegedly discovered that the man — who is married — was also involved with one of her editors.
Ottawa-based Frank, which reported last week on the gossip from inside The Star, described Aulakh as “heartbroken” and “unable to manage the betrayal.” A follow-up report said her death sent shockwaves through the company “and exposed a gormless corruption that reaches the highest levels of Star management.”
On Monday, Star columnist Heather Mallick — who last week described Aulakh as “wonderful” in a tweet — called the situation “surreal” and tweeted “we have been in a state of grief since May 28.”
UPDATE: The Star reported late Tuesday that the union representing newsroom employees has requested an independent investigation. “The newsroom is heartbroken and angry,” read a letter from Unifor. “Workplace health and safety is at stake.”
As the rumours swirled, The Star announced that senior editors Jon Filson and Jane Davenport are gone.
mo
https://popgoesthenews.com/2016/06/06/__trashed/
UPDATE: The Star‘s public editor Kathy English wrote about Raveena Aulakh’s suicide and the aftermath in a post late Tuesday. “I have never seen anything like the level of grief and anger exploding here,” she wrote.
Pop Goes The News — Tongues are wagging at the Toronto Star following the sudden death of one of its journalists and the departure of two of its senior editors.
At the centre of the story is environmental reporter Raveena Aulakh, who reportedly took her own life in late May.
According to sources, Aulakh was despondent about the end of her relationship with an editor at The Star after she allegedly discovered that the man — who is married — was also involved with one of her editors.
Ottawa-based Frank, which reported last week on the gossip from inside The Star, described Aulakh as “heartbroken” and “unable to manage the betrayal.” A follow-up report said her death sent shockwaves through the company “and exposed a gormless corruption that reaches the highest levels of Star management.”
On Monday, Star columnist Heather Mallick — who last week described Aulakh as “wonderful” in a tweet — called the situation “surreal” and tweeted “we have been in a state of grief since May 28.”
UPDATE: The Star reported late Tuesday that the union representing newsroom employees has requested an independent investigation. “The newsroom is heartbroken and angry,” read a letter from Unifor. “Workplace health and safety is at stake.”
As the rumours swirled, The Star announced that senior editors Jon Filson and Jane Davenport are gone.
mo
https://popgoesthenews.com/2016/06/06/__trashed/
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