Government-paid Journalists
On September 8, 2006, the publisher of the Miami Herald Jesús Díaz Jr., fired three El Nuevo Herald journalists because they freelanced for Radio/TV Marti, a U.S. Government News Agency. The three were Pablo Alfonso, Wilfredo Cancio Isla and Olga Connor. Less than a month later, Díaz was instructed by his superiors at The McClatchy Company, the parent company of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, to re-hire the three journalist in question because they had prior approval to freelance for Radio/TV Marti from their supervisor at the time, El Nuevo Herald executive editor Humberto Castelló. Díaz resigned after reinstating the fired journalists.
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