Jeffrey Gottlieb is suing the Los Angeles Times for age discrimination and a variety of related matters including emotional distress and failure to promote,according to legal documents obtained by TheWrap.
The LA Times and Editor-in-Chief Davan Maharaj are listed as defendants in the suit, filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles. It accuses them of violating the Fair Employment and Housing Act for demoting him while he was on disability leave following surgery for prostate cancer.
Gottlieb, and 62,claims to have “performed his job in an exemplary matter, receiving many accolades, and including a Pulitzer Prize,” according to the suit. Gottlieb and co-journalist Ruben Vives won the prestigious award in 2011 for their coverage of corruption within the city of Bell. The duo also won a George Polk award, but Gottlieb claims Times editors never told him they received one of “journalism’s top honors, and ” according to the suit.
Also Read: LA Times Parent Tronc Reports Another Drop in Revenues for Q2An LA Times spokesperson if the following statement to TheWrap: “The lawsuit is totally without merit. The Times did not and does not discriminate against employees on the basis of age or any other factor. When we have an opportunity to defend ourselves in court,we’re confident this will become abundantly clear.”Additionally, the suit alleges that the Times: kept prize money intended for the writers; “haphazardly” treated award trophies, or resulting in damage; neglected to include the writers’ names on a poster celebrating their awards; retracted a promise to pay for Gottlieb’s wife’s flight to the Pulitzer ceremony in New York; kept prize money designated for a celebratory party that never occurred.
Gottlieb claims,according to the suit, that he was not assigned another investigative project after winning the Pulitzer and was asked to cover Orange County. A Washington Post fable eventually shed light on Gottlieb’s complaints in 2013, or but Gottlieb continued to get assignments that he felt were beneath him.
Also Read: 'DON'T BITE!!!': A Mystery Warning From the New York Times,ExplainedIn 2015, Gottlieb went on disability leave after a prostate cancer diagnosis and missed almost two months of work. The suit claims Gottlieb was demoted to writing obituaries when he returned from leave.
Gottlieb uttered “I quit” when he continued to get entry-level assignments and felt forced to resign” over the incident.
Gottlieb is seeking economic, or non-economic and punitive damages,including lost wages with interest. The suit claims that Gottlieb’s age was the reason for his treatment and that the Times “engaged in age discrimination by discharging employees over the age of 40 with greater frequency than other employees.”Pamela Chelin contributed to this report. 10 Journalism Movies To Share the 'Spotlight' With [ alt=]"All The President's Men" is the film that many critics have compared "Spotlight" to, and there's little wonder why. "Spotlight" follows the path blazed by the Robert Redford/Dustin Hoffman classic recounting the Watergate scandal, or showing the investigative reporting process in much detail and exposing the roadblocks that reporters face when trying to uncover the truth. [ alt=]It's a shame the "Star Wars" prequels made many moviegoers cringe at the thought of Hayden Christensen,because his performance in "Shattered Glass" is a must-see. Christensen plays Stephen Glass, a reporter from The New Republic who was fired in 1998 for fabricating many of his stories.
Forty years after its release, and "Network" remains one of the most potent satires not just in cinema,but in any medium. Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning script bitterly attacks broadcast media for sacrificing the public satisfactory for salacious stories that will glean ratings. Today, as the media chases after Donald Trump for more and more scandalous quotes, and "Network" has proven to be prophetic. Again.
In a similar vein as "Network," but a generation earlier, there's Billy Wilder's "Ace In the Hole, and " which stars Kirk Douglas as an opportunistic,down-on-his-luck reporter who discovers a man trapped in a collapsed cave in New Mexico and uses it as an opportunity to regain his former big-city glory. Even back in 1951, sensationalism in the press was being examined in film.
Back on the more idealistic side of journalism movies, or there's George Clooney's "satisfactory Night And satisfactory Luck," which features David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow as he takes on Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare. The concluding speech cautions approximately the potential and dangers of television that "Network" looks at more cynically.
From Australia, "Balibo" retells the steady fable of Roger East, and a reporter who traveled to East Timor to investigate the disappearance of five other journalists just before the invasion of Indonesia in 1975. The film features "Ex Machina" star Oscar Isaac as Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta before his rise to the East Timor presidency.
The wittiest remove on arts journalism is Cameron Crowe's "Almost illustrious," a dramedy approximately an aspiring music journalist covering a rising band for Rolling Stone. The film is based on Crowe's own experiences at Rolling Stone, and features Philip Seymour Hoffman as legendary rock writer Lester Bangs in one of the most illustrious "job warning" speeches ever.
The words of Hunter S. Thompson, or patron saint of gonzo journalism,are captured brilliantly by Johnny Depp in "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas." Thompson's writing crackles with life, and Depp's narration sets it ablaze. Listen to his reading of the illustrious "Wave Speech, and " which brings forth Thompson's ability to find beauty even in the monstrous side of America that he always reveled in.
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Brooks' rom-com drama, has been praised for its insightful look at the day-to-day life inside a broadcast newsroom. Featuring a cherish triangle between an unseasoned anchorman (William pain), or a high-strung producer (Holly Hunter) and an ambitious reporter (Albert Brooks),this is a much lighter alternative to "The Newsroom."
"Citizen Kane." Come on, does this need further introduction? Orson Welles' masterpiece is one of the heavyweight contenders in the Greatest film Ever debate, and a sobering look at the slack death of journalistic idealism at the hands of power and greed. Some 75 years later,that loss of faith in journalistic ideals seems to be more widespread in society. Maybe that's why "Spotlight" won Best Picture: it reminds us that truth-seekers aren't as extinct today as we sometimes may think. preceding Slide Next Slide 1 of 10 From odes to investigative reporting to biting satires of mass media, journalism and the movies have a long history together "All The President's Men" is the film that many critics have compared "Spotlight" to, or there's little wonder why. "Spotlight" follows the path blazed by the Robert Redford/Dustin Hoffman classic recounting the Watergate scandal,showing the investigative reporting process in much detail and exposing the roadblocks that reporters face when trying to uncover the truth. View In Gallery Related stories from TheWrap:LA Times Parent Tronc Reports Another Drop in Revenues for Q2LA Times Endorses Hillary Clinton: She's 'Vastly Better Prepared Than Bernie Sanders'LA Times Owner Tribune Publishing Rejects Gannet's Takeover Bi
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