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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is being called out by staffers for allegedly barring Black journalists from covering the protests over the death of George Floyd.

Photojournalist Michael Santiago is speaking out over the publication’s decision to curb him and at least one other prominent Black reporter from covering anti-racism protests in Pittsburgh.

Alexis Johnson, another Black reporter for the newspaper, is reportedly the first to call out management for refusing to allow her to cover the local protests.

According to Michael A. Fuoco, a reporter for the newspaper and president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, several of Johnson’s pitches for coverage related to the demonstrations were rejected.

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Fuoco said Johnson and the guild had a “rather hostile” discussion with the newspaper’s management over the ban.