According to the union, Aatsalo was not fired.
No minutes were found about Johanna Aatsalo’s dismissal. wsoy
Supplier Johanna Aatsalo in a book based on experiences Revelation. A story about doping news and a reporter who wanted to be silenced (WSOY) is a mistake, Sports Journalists Association report.
The book says that Aatsalo would have been fired from the Sports Journalists’ Union after he wrote his doping news about Finnish skiing that shocked the nation.
However, according to the union, this is not true. The board’s meeting minutes and other material collected by the union show that the alleged dismissal decision has not been made.
The Association of Sports Journalists says that it has checked all the 1998 and 1999 board minutes.
Worked as a member of the board of the association in 1998 Pauli Saukkonen also proves that the government has not fired Aatsalo at that time.
Also in the recent issue (1/2024) of Fair Play, a member magazine of the Sports Editors’ Association, it is mentioned in connection with the interview with Aatsalo that he would have been fired from the association. This is the author’s own statement, which was written relying on the interviewee’s message.