Washington’s NFL team has hired former NBC Sports Washington anchor and reporter Julie Donaldson to be its vice president of media and one of its game day radio voices, reports The Washington Post.

“Donaldson, 42, becomes the highest-ranking woman at a franchise that last week announced an independent review of its culture following a Washington Post report in which 15 female former employees and two female reporters accused high-ranking team officials of sexual harassment. Among the men accused was Larry Michael, whom Donaldson is replacing in overseeing Washington’s broadcast operations,” adds The Post.

She is believed to be the first woman to be a full-time member of an NFL team’s radio booth.

Donaldson said she repeatedly asked team officials, including owner Daniel Snyder, if she would be able to be more than just a broadcaster, if she would be allowed to make decisions about the broadcast operations and address the culture that allowed the harassment to happen. She said she was assured she would, states The Post.

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