Ben Montgomery, an Axios reporter in Tampa, was fired Monday night after a spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis tweeted out a photo of his response to a news release that the reporter called “propaganda.”
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Last April, DeSantis spokesperson Christina Pushaw declined an interview request with The Post and suggested to her Twitter followers that The Post was trying to blackmail her byLanfranconi has posted photos of emails and articles from reporters in recent weeks, questioning their work, and wrotethe New Yorker was joining “the list of those endorsing porn in elementary schools” over the magazine’s cover art.
The Florida Department of Education spokesperson and the governor’s communications office did not respond to requests for comments. Montgomery, who has worked as a journalist in the Tampa Bay area since 2005, said he has seen similar incidents happen to reporters in Florida. “It’s incredibly important that their organizations stand up on their behalf and realize that this is nothing but a political tactic to gain right-win votes and disrupt the lives of hard-working journalists,” he said.Named a Pulitzer finalist for his reporting that uncovered abuse at a Florida reform school for boys, Montgomery was hired by Axios in late 2020 and sent his first newsletter in January 2021 as part of the outlet’s growing presence in local journalism.
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