posted the letter on social media<\/a>. \u201cWhen the Page Six item first appeared, The Athletic supported me unequivocally, expressed confidence in my work and pride in my journalism. For that I am grateful. In the days that followed, unfortunately, commentators in various media have engaged in self-feeding speculation that is simply unmoored from the facts.<\/p>\n\u201cMoreover, this media frenzy is hurtling forward without regard for the review process The Athletic is trying to complete. It continues to escalate, fueled by repeated leaks, and I have no interest in submitting to a public inquiry that has already caused far more damage than I am willing to accept.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russini, whose job title at The Athletic was Senior NFL Insider, said in her post that the letter represented \u201ceverything I have to say about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the photos were initially published, Vrabel and Russini denied allegations of an inappropriate relationship in separate statements to The Post.<\/p>\n
Ginsberg issued a statement of public support as well, telling The Post, \u201cThese photos are misleading and lack essential context. These were public interactions in front of many people. Dianna is a premier journalist covering the NFL and we\u2019re proud to have her at The Athletic.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a note to The Athletic staff on Tuesday announcing Russini\u2019s resignation, Ginsberg said, \u201cWhen this situation was brought to our attention last week, there were clear concerns, but we received a detailed explanation and it was our instinct to support and defend a colleague while we continued to review the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cAs additional information emerged, new questions were raised that became part of our investigation. While our investigation into Dianna\u2019s conduct was ongoing, she chose to resign.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ginsberg said a review of her work for the outlet would continue.<\/p>\n
Russini was one of the most high-profile journalists at The Athletic. She joined the site in 2023 after previously working at ESPN and NBC. In addition to her reporting duties, she was a podcast host for The Athletic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL reporter Dianna Russini resigned from The Athletic on Tuesday, less than a week after photos were published…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82,575],"class_list":{"0":"post-605235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-sports-business"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}