Elections in 2023 | Where are all the women who are in TV broadcasting over 50? .survey-result {padding:10px;} column-width: 175px; position: absolute; NEXT DOOR SAYS HI SUSANS FIRING SWA A REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE. } As a prominent reporter and anchor at one of Iowas biggest local television stations, Sonya Heitshusen was known for doggedly investigating injustices and holding the powerful accountable.A year after WHO-TV in Des Moines abruptly let her go, she is turning those skills on her former employer with a lawsuit challenging what she calls a widespread practice of removing older, female staffers from the air because of their looks.Heitshusen filed an age and gender discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against WHO-TVs parent company, Nexstar Media Group, Inc., which calls itself Americas largest local television and media company, with 199 stations.The lawsuit alleges Heitshusen, 54, was thrown out to pasture because she was no longer seen as camera-worthy, after years in which she saw her male colleagues receive better treatment from management. While seemingly a joke, the comment reflected a deeper truth that her age was a concern to management, it alleges. State and local courts | In particular, she maintains that this was an accident and in no way intentional," defense attorney Grant Woodard said in a statement emailed to the Register. Iowa House candidate Sonya Heitshusen charged with reckless use of a I assisted on background-color: #ccc; .votebox-results-cell--check { She said she was devastated last August when she realized she could not report on the derecho, the powerful wind storm that ripped across the state. A company spokesman didnt immediately return a message seeking comment.The lawsuit seeks orders requiring Nexstar to pay Heitshusen unspecified damages and to take remedial actions, including training for management on gender and age stereotypes and an analysis of how female employees have been treated. Ex-Iowa anchor hopes her age bias lawsuit changes TV news
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