Mediagazer: Colorado Springs Gazette puts Barrett Tryon on leave (Jim Romenesko)

12:55 PM ET, June 14, 2012

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Jim Romenesko:

Colorado Springs Gazette puts Barrett Tryon on leave … Tryon: “I'm told it's Freedom policy to place people on leave during investigations.”

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Why your news organization's social media policy may be illegal — If Barrett Tryon does get fired today by Freedom Communications, as he expects, he may find the National Labor Relations Board has his back. — Tryon, a multimedia journalist at the Colorado Springs Gazette …

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