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News Director Let Go - Wouldn't Socialize With Big Donors
02/22/12
News Director Let Go - Wouldn't Socialize With Big Donors
Yesterday, WAMU announced the departure of news director Jim Asendio. This morning, WAMU held an event to bring together donors and WAMU staffers.
Those two events are connected, says Asendio.
The 60-year-old newsman says that he learned a little while back that a couple of the reporters under his supervision were scheduled to hobnob with the donors at the breakfast affair. Asendio voiced his objection to the arrangement: Under no circumstances should reporters be meeting with donors; that was a task for managers.
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