7 seconds ago 2009-12-24T07:06:46-08:00
Twitter user @leonspencer accepted our offer to become an assignment editor and Tweeted the following to @AP_Courtside:
As editor-in-charge, more about the New Haven fire fighter(s) preparing to go before Congress. What they think. #Sotomayor
We've assigned AP New Haven correspondent John Christoffersen to the story about the Connecticut firefighter preparing to go before Congress as part of Sotomayor's confirmation hearing. John has already written a draft and we hope to file the story in the next 24 hours. When it's online, we'll give you the link here and on Twitter.
Additionally, AP video editor Alicia Quarles says we'll have a related video featuring firefighters from Washington, D.C., and St. Francis, Wis., sounding off on the reverse-discrimination lawsuit filed by firefighters in New Haven. Sotomayor's appeals court rejected the case that was later upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. The video will be posted here.
-Lauren McCullough, AP social networks and special projects producer
