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Fired WSOC worker says station’s reasons for dismissal are to keep ‘boys club’ happy

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https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article235636322.html


For nearly seven years, WSOC-TV’s news director said she helped turn the Charlotte station into a “thriving news outlet” amid budget cuts that left gaps in her staff.

Then they fired her, she says.

In a federal lawsuit filed Sept. 25, Julie Szulczewski said WSOC and its parent company, Cox Media Group, pushed her out to bring in a younger, less qualified man and “keep the boys’ club” happy.

“In today’s world, a talented female professional must still contend with the boys’ club mentality condoned by some employers, like the defendants, who condone the actions of their male managers when they band together to smear the reputation of an older female colleague to protect one of their own,” the complaint states.
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