Finally A Gutsy Reporter Not Willing To Be A Robot In The Media! Woo-hoo! Way to go Angelia Joiner!
"I do believe things happen for a reason and what made yesterday so shocking was the fact that I considered my bosses (publisher and editor) friends, too. I was made to feel like a criminal and I don't think I deserved that. In a small setting you get close to the people you work for and I just never expected what happened and was (and still am) completely baffled."
Angelia Joiner is the opposite of the MIB. - In fact maybe there should be a new category - Women In White (WIW) - as she joins esteemed women journalists such as Emmy award-winning journalist Linda Moulton Howe - not afraid to step forward and report the experiences of real folk who witness very 'unreal' incidents. Usually not a popular move for a main-stream journalist. The subject of UFO's and 'aliens' is often consigned to the newspaper 'funny-side' bin, and any mainstream journalist steering away from the 'bread and butter' distractions of life and politics is taking a brave step. It's either sink or swim.
For Angelia Joiner, the first person to report on Mr. Sorrells experiences with the agency who tried to get him to 'shut up' - it seems her time at the Empire Tribune is at an end. She told me, "[...]A city councilman here talked to ( Texas media) and said the whole thing was an embarrassment to the town (or something to that effect.)" Angelia, true to her journalistic instincts didn't understand why these "record sales" stories were all of a sudden to be pulled, and decided to do something about it."[...]I gave two weeks notice but this morning they had confiscated my computer and I was told to pack up and get out. I'm devastated and still in shock."
One of Angelia's Stories In The Stephenville Empire-Tribune
Angelia Joiner Open Minds Forum Threads Please support her by letting everyone know what is happening.
Emails By Angelia Joiner To Admin (Bren Burton) of the Open Minds Forum
Letter Protesting Firing of Reporter Covering UFO Story
Sign The Empire Tribune Guest Book
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