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Reporter stripper Sarah Tressler gets new journalism job: "Excited" to work for company that fired her
The San Antonio Express-News is welcoming a familiar face with everybody's favorite stripper journalist Sarah Tressler joining its staff of crime reporters.
It's been a busy year for the Bayou City native, who lost her reporting job with the Houston Chronicle last March after the Houston Press outed her as a part-time exotic dancer. Multiple televised interviews followed, along with some freelance reporting for Good Morning America and a book deal that lead to a nationwide promotional tour during the summer.
T he Hearst connection has led some media insiders to suspect that new post is part of a larger settlement Tressler's reached with the company.
In the meantime, Tressler joined forces with noted civil rights attorney Gloria Allred to file an equal opportunity complaint against the Hearst Corporation, the media conglomerate which owns the Chronicle as well as the San Antonio Express-News.
A rather skeevy article in the New York Daily News — chock full of creepy descriptors like "lust-inspiring Lois Lane" and "sexy scribe" — notes that the Hearst connection has led some media insiders to suspect that Tressler's new post is part of a larger settlement she's reached with the company.
Tressler tells CultureMap through email that while she's excited to join the Express-News team, she will not be commenting or offering interviews at this time. The Hearst Corporation did not return calls for comment.
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