When Alabama journalist Ivana Hrynkiw arrived at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore on Thursday, she was told that her skirt was too short—and she wouldn't be allowed in. MsReads via washingtonpost
Hrynkiw was confused. She’d worn that exact skirt to several of the half-dozen executions she’d reported on, all without a problem. Still, Hrynkiw pulled the skirt down to comply with the dress code. It was not good enough, an official told her., “and I felt embarrassed to have my body and my clothes questioned in front of a room of people I mostly had never met.
But Hrynkiw’s wardrobe problems weren’t over. After she put on the man’s waders, strapping on the suspenders under her shirt, she was told that her open-toed heels were “too revealing.” Hrynkiw retreated to her car, where she’d stowed a new pair of tennis shoes. “Despite wearing a pair of waders from a man I have never met and casual tennis shoes, I continued to do my job,” Hrynkiw wrote, adding, “I sat down, tried to stop blushing, and did my work.The state said an execution happened ‘without complication.’ Reporters in the room had a different story.
Hrynkiw, who did not immediately reply to a request for comment, wrote that she believes her skirt was appropriate. Her boss — Kelly Ann Scott, editor in chief and vice president of content for Alabama Media Group — said what happened to Hrynkiw was “wrong.”filed a formal complaint with the Alabama Department of Corrections. The Associated Press, whose reporter was also subject to the newly enforced dress code, sent a letter to Gov.
In a July 29 letter that the AP sent to The Washington Post, Executive Editor Julie Pace said that singling out “female reporters for arbitrary clothing inspections is humiliating, discriminatory and simply unacceptable behavior toward professional journalists trying to cover one of the most serious events they are called upon to witness.”
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