Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
Experience:
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Fox 26 Houston Fires ‘Disgruntled Former Employee’ Ivory Hecker for On-Air Network Attack (Video)
Ivory Hecker promised “behind the scenes” recordings of her employer when she accused them of “muzzling” her on-air Monday
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Associated Press Will No Longer Name Suspects in Minor Crime Stories
The news organization announced it also “will stop publishing stories driven mainly by a particularly embarrassing mugshot”
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Fox News Apologizes for Playing NSFW Ariana Grande Song During ‘Outnumbered’ (Video)
The talk show said “thank u, next” to long-held standards around cursing on daytime television
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NY Times Defends ‘1619 Project’ as States Seek Ban on Critical Race Theory in Schools
“Like our colleagues across the industry, we are troubled by these bills,” paper’s leadership says
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NBC News Hires Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown as ‘Meet the Press’ SVP
Budoff Brown is tasked with expanding the brand’s reach and impact in the newly created role
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Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Denies Facebook’s Request to Use Song in Ad: ‘F– You’
Waters rejected the idea of “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” being used for an Instagram ad
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Piers Morgan Is Still Yapping About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘Yapping’ (Video)
The former “Good Morning Britain” host continues his crusade
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Jon Lutzky, Former General Counsel of Vice, Joins Investment Firm 777 Partners (Exclusive)
Lutzky will lead the company’s media and entertainment portfolios
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CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Diagnosed With Ovarian Cancer
The longtime anchor revealed she had “successful major surgery” but will still be undergoing chemotherapy
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Fox News’ Bill Hemmer Laments ‘Pitfalls’ of ‘Being White in America’ Amid Criticism of Tom Hanks
Fox News aired a segment on an NPR piece calling for Hanks to transition from “non-racist” to “anti-racist”
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Newsmax Is ‘Reviewing’ Anchor Greg Kelly’s Now-Deleted Tweets About White ‘Morale’ in the US Military
“When I was flying around the Pacific Ocean off of ships, I knew there was a Secretary of Defense who was white, just like me!” tweeted host
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Kayleigh McEnany Says She ‘Never Lied’ as White House Press Secretary
A review of her past statements contradicts the claim she “never lied” as White House press secretary
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Watch a CNN Anchor Get Drowned Out by Sailors Singing a Shanty (Video)
CNN International anchor Hala Gorani was interrupted Sunday as sea-faring singers overwhelmed the sound of her voice
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Rachel Campos-Duffy Worries ‘Wokeism’ Ruined ‘The Real World’ (Exclusive)
Ahead of her “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-hosting debut, the “Real World” alum talks cancel culture and tolerance with TheWrap
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Darnella Frazier, Teen Who Filmed George Floyd Murder, Honored With Pulitzer Citation
BuzzFeed News won its first Pulitzer Prize, for International Reporting
