A Bay Area Newspaper Publisher Uses the N-Word and Then Steps Down
Former East Bay Express reporter Azucena Rasilla wrote about quitting her job at the alternative weekly after her stories were retracted by the publisher for being racially provocative. That publisher then resigned.
July 18, 201814m 0s
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Show Notes
A journalist at the East Bay Express wrote about Napa’s BottleRock music festival and criticized it for being by and for white people. Then the paper's publisher took down the stories and used the N-word in a meeting. Today, the story of Express reporter Azucena Rasilla and what led publisher Steve Buel to step down.
Guest: Sara Hossaini, KQED reporter
Guest: Sara Hossaini, KQED reporter
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