NY Daily News Hires Black Lives Matter Activist As ‘Senior Justice Writer’

In this undated photo, Shaun King poses where he was the lead pastor of Courageous Church in Midtown Atlanta. King, a blogger who rose to prominence in the aftermath of a police shooting last summer in Ferguson, Mo.,... In this undated photo, Shaun King poses where he was the lead pastor of Courageous Church in Midtown Atlanta. King, a blogger who rose to prominence in the aftermath of a police shooting last summer in Ferguson, Mo., pushed back against claims by conservative bloggers that his parents were both white and that he exaggerated an assault he endured two decades ago while attending high school in Versailles, Ky. (Vino Wong/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) MORE LESS
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The New York Daily News hired Shaun King, a blogger advocating against police brutality, as senior justice writer, the publication announced Friday, according to CNN.

King, who had written as a columnist for Daily Kos, will start Oct. 15 in the newly created role, according to CNN.

“Shaun’s writing on social inequality, police brutality and race relations in America has been some of the best work done in the country,” said Executive Editor Jim Rich in a memo to staff, according to CNN. “His passion and attention to detail on topics that are of critical importance to our readers — both online and in print — make him a perfect fit for the Daily News.”

King also commented on social media:

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  1. …and the heads of the baggers go “POP” “POP” “POP”

  2. Oh dear. The heads of everyone at Breitbart and Daily Caller just went poof!

  3. The NY Daily News? The one that just fired a bunch of their writers because they’re losing millions of dollars?

  4. “justice writer”?

    Shouldn’t ALL journalists be “justice writers”?

  5. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    Lots of newspapers are losing millions of dollars.

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