Knisely, who previously worked as a Report for America Corps member for the Charleston Gazette-Mail and non-profit online news outlet Mountain State Spotlight, joined West Virginia Public Broadcasting in September.Officials at DRWV have also accused DHHR of ordering employees not to talk to DRWV, with Crouch himself accusing DRWV officials of harassment for seeking documents they are required to receive by federal law.“I was told that DHHR Secretary Bill Crouch and the agency spokeswoman Allison Adler contacted WVPB leadership and threatened to discredit WVPB if I continued reporting on the health department.” A request for comment on these allegations from DHHR was not returned.In emails obtained from the Senate Clerk’s Office through a Freedom of Information Act request, top officials at WVPB interfered with a request by newsroom officials for legislative press credentials for Knisely the same day she filed her human resources complaint.When questions arose about Knisely’s freelance reporting work for ThinkKids, a non-partisan think tank that focuses on children’s health issues, WVPB News Director Eric Douglas said that Knisely does that work separately from WVPB."