Plus: Bon Appétit gets further filleted, and McClatchy is giving employees a raise.
By The Objective Staff Feb. 12, 2021, 12:01 p.m.
Feb. 12, 2021, 12:01 p.m.
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“Despite even major public failings, they keep coming back because they work behind the scenes to protect themselves and each other to stay in power and preserve the status quo,” writes Jennifer Barnett in her Medium piece: “I Left My Career in Prestige Media Because of the Shitty Men in Charge and They Are Still In Charge and Still Fucking Up.” While working as managing editor of The Atlantic, Barnett discovered a pattern: Men, after leaving newsroom