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This part about the CBC violating @AhmarSKhan's privacy but not caring about it speaks to the undue scrutiny JOC experience in mainstream newsrooms.
A short thread about my experience:
As a young employee @globalnews I naively added some colleagues to my personal FB acct.
A short thread about my experience:
As a young employee @globalnews I naively added some colleagues to my personal FB acct.
It was around the time when @KimsConvenience was a new show & I reposted an article about how it was one of the first CDN shows to feat. an Asian family. I recounted how I tried to promote the play as a Fringe Fest success while I was a producer at a CTV morning show.
At CTV, that pitch was shot down b/c it wasn't "Canadian" or "national" enough. I didn't name the morning show or the network in that FB post. But a Global colleague thought I was "bashing" a Global morning show. So they screenshotted it and sent it to my manager.
My boss pulled me aside & showed me the screenshot, asked me if I was talking about a Global show. I said of course not, I've never worked on a Global morning show. He said "I thought so." I asked him how he got a screenshot of my private FB post. He said he wasn't able to say.
So in summary, my private FB post that had nothing to do with my employer can be shared with my manager, but the colleague who violated my privacy can cower in anonymity.
Obviously this never escalated b/c I did nothing wrong. But the experience still haunts me.
Obviously this never escalated b/c I did nothing wrong. But the experience still haunts me.
And hey, if you're that (former) colleague that took that screenshot, I'd love it if you'd own up to it like an adult. My DMs are open.
