A FORMER REPORTER and editor who accused Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory of sending her an unwanted sexually suggestive text is hinting she has more to reveal about the culture of sexual harassment and workplace environment at the paper. Hilary Sargent, who has been on a mission to push the Globe to acknowledge and address […]
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Globe execs probing McGrory text allegations
THE BOSTON GLOBE’s top officials told staffers on Wednesday that they are investigating allegations that editor Brian McGrory sent an inappropriate text to a former reporter but so far have taken no action or revealed what they have learned. The officials said they have not been able to determine when the text exchange took place. […]
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Conflicted about McGrory accusations
Wednesday’s Boston Globe had a story inside Metro about noted Harvard economist Roland Fryer being investigated for sexual harassment. It was not an unusual story for the paper to cover, given the Globe is the region’s most powerful media outlet. The Globe has done many stories on sexual harassment in the workplace, especially since the […]
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Globe editor accused of sending sexually suggestive text
A FORMER REPORTER for the Boston Globe is claiming Brian McGrory, the paper’s current editor, sent her an unsolicited, sexually suggestive text. Hilary Sargent, who started at the Globe in 1999 as a 19-year-old intern before leaving and being recruited back 15 years later, posted an undated text message on Twitter on Monday that she […]
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O’Sullivan apologizes, McGrory says mistake not to name him
On Thursday evening, CommonWealth received the statement below from former Boston Globe reporter Jim O’Sullivan shortly after the Globe posted online a note to readers from editor Brian McGrory in which he said it was a mistake for the paper not to have named O’Sullivan in its December 8 story on sexual harassment issues at […]