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Julie Stewart-Binks says SNY laid her off after skin cancer diagnosis
Julie Stewart-Binks says SNY laid her off weeks after she revealed she had skin cancer.
The broadcaster had worked for the New York sports network for seven years as a host, reporter and commentator.
She was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in her nose and said she needed surgery to remove it.
Stewart-Binks said she had been off air while dealing with the diagnosis.
She learned of the layoff from a New York Times story after her former agent sent her a link.
She said losing a job can hurt, but work is not a person's identity.
The sources do not say what she plans to do next.
Sports broadcaster Julie Stewart-Binks said she was laid off by SNY after being diagnosed with skin cancer.
She said she learned she no longer had a job through a New York Times article sent to her by her former agent.
Stewart-Binks had revealed weeks earlier that she needed surgery to remove squamous cell carcinoma from her nose.
She had worked for seven years as a host, reporter and “opinionist” at SNY.
She said losing the job bruised her ego but that a job is not a person’s identity.
- Who
- Julie Stewart-Binks, a sports broadcaster, said SNY laid her off.
- What
- She said she lost her job after disclosing a skin cancer diagnosis.
- When
- She said she was laid off on Friday, but the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- SNY, a sports network; the article does not specify where she received the news.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Stewart-Binks said she had been off the air after being diagnosed with skin cancer and said she needed surgery to remove squamous cell carcinoma from her nose.
Stewart-Binks said she was laid off by SNY.
- Age
- 39
- Employer
- SNY
- Time at SNY
- Seven years
- Diagnosis
- Squamous cell carcinoma in her nose
- Job notification
- Her former agent sent her a New York Times article about the layoff
What people are saying
I was laid off on Friday
To have gone through a very public skin cancer removal to then be informed by a New York Times article that you didn’t have a job was not on the bingo card for this year.
Most importantly your job and your workplace are not your identity. Don’t give them the power over who you are... it’s just another day in my life.