By: E&P Staff Chris Graff, the longtime Vermont political writer who was fired by The Associated Press as its bureau chief earlier this year in a disputed move, has written a memoir, just published. It's called "Dateline Vermont." His severance agreement prevents him from saying much about his dismissal by the AP but he does talk a bit about the aftermath in the book, according to a story this week in The Times Argus of Barre, Vt.
The AP has said that Graff's firing on March 20 revolved around him sending out an opinion column by Sen. Patrick Leahy that "compromised the integrity and impartiality" of the news service, according to the termination letter. The Times Argus article reveals, "Now 53, Graff lost the professional identity that he says was 'virtually inseparable' from his personal one. 'In the months ahead I would grieve as if some essential part of me had been ripped away,' he writes in his book."
The book offer from Thistle Hill Publications helped ease the pain.
According to the article, Graff is about to start a new job as communications chief for National Life, an insurance and financial service company in Montpelier. With his reporting career possibly at an end, he will no longer serve as moderator of Vermont Public Television's "Vermont This Week."
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