A Washington Post reporter, Felicia Sonmez, publicly chastised another reporter, David Weigl, for his sexist retweet, which resulted in the Washington Post suspending him.
Felicia Sonmez is an American journalist living in Washington, D.C. She is a national reporter for The Washington Post’s breaking politics news team.
She was suspended in January 2020 after providing a link to an article about sexual assault allegations against Kobe Bryant in the aftermath of Bryant’s death.
Felicia publicly exposed and chastised her coworker David Weigl’s sexist retweet, which resulted in the Washington Post suspending him for one month without pay.
Felicia Sonmez: Who Is She? Bio/Wiki
Felicia Sonmez is a Washington, D.C.-based national political reporter that covers breaking news from the White House, Congress, and the campaign trail. She does not, however, have a Wikipedia page.
In 2005, she graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Government. She had worked in Beijing for more than four years, first as an AFP correspondent and later as the editor of The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report.
Sonmez also spent a year at Tsinghua University as a Blakemore Freeman Fellow studying advanced Chinese. From 2010 to 2013, she was a reporter for The Washington Post, first as a writer for The Fix and subsequently as a correspondent covering Congress and the 2012 presidential election.
How old is Felicia Sonmez, the Washington Post reporter?
Felicia Sonmez, a correspondent for the Washington Post, is 39 years old. She was born in the United States in 1983.
She began her career as an English teacher in Beijing and has also covered US politics for the Asahi Shimbun and National Journal’s The Hotline. In the early days of President Barack Obama’s second term, she also wrote.
Felicia has also sued the newspaper and some of its highest-ranking employees for discrimination. However, the lawsuit was recently dismissed.
David Weigel was suspended as a result of Felicia Sonmez’s appeal
After one of his coworkers, Felicia Sonmez, admonished him for retweeting a joke demeaning women, the Washington Post has suspended reporter Dave Weigel.
On Friday, reporter Felicia Sonmez shared a screenshot of a tweet from YouTube host Cam Harless, which said, “Every woman identifies as bisexual. It’s now just a matter of determining if it’s polar or sexual.” That tweet was later retweeted by Weigel.
“Editors have made it clear to staff that the tweet was horrible, and that demanding language or acts like that will not be accepted,” said Washington Post Chief Communications Officer Kris Coratti to Fox News.