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New letter of protest: the men of Tamedia show solidarity with women journalists
The men on the Tamedia editorial team react to the protest letter from their colleagues and double down. They express their solidarity, also in a letter.
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78 journalists from Tamedia have signed a letter denouncing sexism in their company. Now, the men on the editorial team are doubling down and expressing solidarity with their colleagues, also by letter, which nearly a hundred editors signed on Monday night. “We condemn the discriminatory climate described in the newsrooms,” says the letter that CH Media has received. The fact that for some women the only way out was dismissal is untenable:
“We believe that such behavior has no place in a progressive media company that is committed to diversity.”
Tamedia is not the only media company to complain about sexism. The problem is seen as structural. One signer, who is not named, says: “The scandal is not that we wrote this letter, but that sexism is daily life in all the media and in all other companies.” This is an opportunity to deal with structural problems.
Gabriella Hunter, department head of the Tamedia newspaper “Finanz & Wirtschaft”, says: “I support the protest letter because it shows how something can change. Even if a change is needed in society as a whole. ”
Inland editor Salome Müller, who signed the protest letter, also says: “I did not expect our writings to be so widely received; it shows: we have to talk about it now. “
And it also shows that many women have had similar experiences, both in the media industry and in other companies. Since the women’s strike at the latest, we have known how deep this problem is.
“Many women are familiar with exactly the same or similar situations that we have described. I think that’s why our letter had such an impact. “
Apparently, Tamedia had found out about this letter, because shortly before the managers published an email in which they talked about the advancement of women in the company and defined “binding goals”.
Tamedia editor-in-chief Arthur Rutishauser said on request: “We will investigate the specific allegations.” A new salary analysis will also be carried out, although the last one in 2019 did not find discrimination. In addition, female candidates will be considered for new hires. Senders are still waiting internally for a statement from the editor-in-chief.
