AP acknowledges ‘mistakes’ made in firing of Emily Wilder

Senior Associated Press staffers conceded “mistakes” were made in the firing of a rookie reporter over her pro-Palestinian tweets, but insist the move was still the “right decision.”

Top brass at the news organization held a town hall meeting Wednesday to discuss Emily Wilder, a 22-year-old news associate in Phoenix who was terminated on May 19 after just two weeks on the job for violating its social media policy during her brief tenure, the Washington Post reported. While some executives said they regretted how the AP handled the matter, managing editor Brian Carovillano insisted “mistakes of process, and not of outcome” were made, saying the news agency made the “right decision” to fire Wilder, according to an audio recording shared with the newspaper.