Free Republic

Grieving CNN reporter 'put under relentless pressure' c Friday January 28, 2005 A former CNN reporter alleging unfair dismissal today claimed she was given an "ultimatum" by bosses to return to her day job while she was still medically signed off work following the death of her fiance. Elena Cosentino, who worked for the US news broadcaster as a producer and reporter for six years, told an industrial tribunal she felt under "constant, constant pressure" to return to work despite suffering from clinical depression after her fiance's death in July 2002. Ms Cosentino, who is seeking £190,000 in compensation, was...