Out the Door in DC
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WRC Sports Reporter Carol Maloney is leaving the station, but says that she is not leaving DC.
Maloney says she is committed to remaining in the Washington market, and already turned down an opportunity to interview for a job in the New York.
She said she wanted to take a bigger role in leading her sports department into a digital-first future, with the title and responsibilities to match. And she was willing to walk away if the offer didn’t feel right.
She wanted the WRC Sports Director job and didn't get it, so she's leaving.
“We don’t have that position here, and it’s not a job we’re hiring for,” said assistant news director Matt Glassman, who called Maloney “fantastic,” said the station wanted her to stay and said the move was her decision.
“It was important to me, just because I think [sports director] was an appropriate title and I earned it. Not that I was entitled to it, but I thought I had earned it,” she said. “When you have leverage, you get to see what someone’s going to offer you to stay. And if you think that it doesn’t meet your value, you can decide to go somewhere else.”
Give her props for taking a stand and having the will to walk away.
H/T Washington Post
