Atlanta Fox affiliate Fox 5 has dismantled its vaunted I-Team, a fixture in Atlanta journalism for 48 years.
On Wednesday morning, WAGA-TV management let go two on-air investigative reporters Johnny Edwards and Dana Fowle, as well as photojournalist and producer A.J. Willen. The biographies for Edwards and Fowle were wiped from the Fox 5 website by the evening. Their work-related Facebook pages were also erased.
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“I am nothing but grateful for my time with Fox,” Willen, who joined the I-Team in 2013, wrote on his LinkedIn page Wednesday. “It fills my heart to reflect on the impact we made as a team. So many memories forged by the privilege we earn grinding the front lines of history. The best team.”
A Fox 5 spokesperson did not respond to a text seeking comment Wednesday evening…