Sorry Nexstar That is So Wrong! (Patreon)

How stations and companies are handling the coronavirus crisis is different from station to station and group to group. 

One state that is getting hit hard with COVID-19 is Louisiana and that includes New Orleans, home to Nexstar's WGNO. 

The station was notoriously bad when it was owned by Tribune and now that Nexstar owns it, things don't seem to be changing. 

A station source tells FTVLive that a Reporter at the station has tested positive for the coronavirus and while she was waiting on test results, she was working from home and still turning stories for the newscasts. 

Now, the Reporter has gotten her positive results and according to a station insider, she is starting to feel worse. 

She asked WGNO management for a few days off to recover and was told that she would have to use her sick days or vacation time to do so. 

This is complete bullshit! 

It is a good chance that this Reporter contracted the virus while working for the station and yet the station is going to make her use her PTO days to while she tries to get well? 

I have no clue if Perry Sook and others at the top of the Nexstar food chain know that this is happening at their New Orleans station, but I hope they change this policy if they do. 

If they don't know, they should let the Reporter know that she will not have to use her PTO days and then they should fire the management that told her she had to. 

Make this right Nexstar!